A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPUS

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND H, INCISED 12-9¾

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPUS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND H, INCISED 12-9¾
Finely painted after Rubens with the twin warriors Castor and Pollux abducting Theocritus and Hyginus
12½ in. x 9¾ in., within a giltwood frame

Lot Essay

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (1577-1640)

Castor and Pollux were the sons of Zeus through his union with Leda in the form of a swan. Prior to their abduction, Leucippus' daughters were betrothed to another set of twins, who were in turn Castor and Pollux cousins.

The original Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (1618) is now in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek, Münich. See anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 23 April 2004, lot 254 for a similar example.

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