Abduction of the Sabine women

Title

Abduction of the Sabine women

Draughtsman

• Baldassare Peruzzi ?
• Lelio Orsi workshop; alternatively

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• squaring
• pouncing

Geographic Reference

• Central Italian
• Upper Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study?

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Primary

• 96D(SABINE WOMEN)61 rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast