One of the principal challenges printmakers faced in representing sculpture was capturing the effects of viewing in the round. Giambologna’s Rape of a Sabine Woman (see photo) was particularly famous for its swirling, serpentine composition. Andrea Andreani used multiple prints (this is one from a series of three) to suggest the experience of moving around Giambologna’s work and taking it in from a variety of angles. Andreani also addressed the problem of conveying the weight and sheen of marble on paper. He found a solution in the chiaroscuro woodcut, a technique that produces nuanced colors through the use of multiple wooden blocks inked in different tones. The Rape of the Sabine Women is a tale of abduction, rather than rape as we understand the word today. The legend came from early Roman history, and recounted an episode in which a group of Roman men, in need of wives, carried off women from the rival Sabine tribe with the intention of marrying them.