Lot Essay
A comparable vertical treatment of this subject by Adriaen Backer, also signed and dated 1671, is in the Herzog Anton-Ulrich Museum, Brunswick
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Adriaen Backer (1635/6-1684)
Details
Adriaen Backer (1635/6-1684)
The Rape of the Sabine Women
signed and dated 'ABacker fecit 1671' (the AB in monogram)
unframed
42 1/8 x 63¼in. (107 x 160.7cm.)
The Rape of the Sabine Women
signed and dated 'ABacker fecit 1671' (the AB in monogram)
unframed
42 1/8 x 63¼in. (107 x 160.7cm.)