Abduction of the Sabine women, Unknown artist
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Abduction of the Sabine women
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Abduction of the Sabine women, ca. 1680 – 1690


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196 x 368 mm
Montierung
210 x 382 mm
Physical Description
Pen in brown over charcoal, washed in brown
Inventory Number
4397
Object Number
4397 Z
Status
On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

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The Romans resorted to violence to address the shortage of women that plagued early Rome. They invited the neighbouring peoples—among them the Sabines—to a festival and raped their women. The dynamic composition depicts the victims’ desperate resistance attempts before a classical backdrop. Paolo de Matteis heightened the drama with the aid of rapid, decisive pen strokes and flickering light-dark contrasts.

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02.12.2024