Sabijnse maagdenroof, Louis de Châtillon (rejected attribution), after François Tortebat, after Annibale Carracci, 1659

Title(s)

Sabijnse maagdenroof
Verhaal van Romulus en Remus (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

7/14

Object number

RP-P-H-H-949

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 104

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• number: ‘138.’
• number: ‘139.’

Artist

• print maker: Louis de Châtillon (rejected attribution)
• print maker: Jean Boulanger
• print maker: Jean Lepautre
• after drawing by: François Tortebat
• after painting by: Annibale Carracci
• publisher: François Tortebat (possibly)
• unknown

Place

Bologna

Dating

1659

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 450 mm × width 299 mm

What

• rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 2, p. 19, cat.nr. 104