Rape of the Sabine Women
Artist
Jan Steen
(Dutch, 1626 - 1679)
Datec. 1665-1667
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFRAMED: 39 1/2 x 46 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (100.3 x 117.5 x 8.9 cm)
Image: 27 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (69.9 x 92.7 cm)
Image: 27 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (69.9 x 92.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN269
Steen represented the more light-hearted and humorous side of 17th-century Dutch painting in his satirical and moral genre pictures. However, he also painted classical subjects, the first of which is this work. To secure wives for his people, Romulus, king of Rome, invited the neighboring Sabines to observe games and while the men were engaged, the Romans abducted the Sabine women. Steen's classical figures are taken from prints after works by baroque artists, though they have acquired a jovial irreverence in this translation.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall West
