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Shortly after the founding of Rome, the Romans tried to negotiate with the Sabines, who lived in the surrounding region, to secure wives, but the Sabines refused to allow their women to marry the Romans. The Romans then organised a festival to Neptune, and invited the Sabines. In Licinio’s painting, music is played on pipes as sacrifices are made at the altar of Neptune before crowds of visitors. As Romulus gives the order from his throne, the Roman soldiers on the right grab the Sabine women who struggle for freedom as the Romans fight off the Sabine men.
Title
The Rape of the Sabines
Date
about 1555-75
Medium
Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
Measurements
H 35.6 x W 153 cm
Accession number
NG644.1
Acquisition method
Bought, 1860
Work type
Painting
