Lot Essay
For a note on KPM, please see lot 277.
The composition is based on Peter Paul Rubens's Rape of the Sabine Women painted circa 1640.
Plutarch ('Lives' II, 14 and 19) relates that the Sabine tribe were invited to games in Rome. At a given signal from their king Romulus, the Romans carried off the women.
The composition is based on Peter Paul Rubens's Rape of the Sabine Women painted circa 1640.
Plutarch ('Lives' II, 14 and 19) relates that the Sabine tribe were invited to games in Rome. At a given signal from their king Romulus, the Romans carried off the women.