Abduction of the Sabine women

Title

Abduction of the Sabine women

Draughtsman

• Pietro da Cortona

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• early Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): P. de Cortona
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Titus Livius

Illustrated Passage

• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 1, 9-13

Primary

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