Zwei Figuren aus dem Raub der Sabinerinnen

Title

Zwei Figuren aus dem Raub der Sabinerinnen

Draughtsman

• Nicolas Poussin ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque
• French classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• figure study
• study after a painting

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten mittig (von fremder Hand): N. Poussin
Unten mittig Stempel der Sammlung Conte di Bardi, Italien (Lugt 336); verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Rosenberg/Prat 1994.II.882.R.418

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1843

Genre

• historical narration

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Titus Livius

Illustrated Passage

• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 1, 13, 3

Primary

• 96D(SABINE WOMEN)61 rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast
• 31D14(+51) adult man (+ standing)
• 31D15(+57) adult woman (+ hanging)
• 45B(+21) the soldier; the soldier's life (+ infantry)
• 54E41 Self-defence

Alternative Attribution

• French, 17th century draughtsman; by literature
• Nicolas Poussin draughtsman; declined, by literature