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File:Poussin RapeSabineLouvre.jpg


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Title The Rape of the Sabine women
Object type Painting
Date between circa 1637 and circa 1638
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 1.59 × 2.06 cm (0.6 × 0.8 in)

Accession number INV 7290 Info non-talk.svg
Notes also see the earlier Metropolitan Museum version
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 2142

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JPEG file comment POUSSIN, Nicolas

(b. 1594, Les Andelys, d. 1665, Roma)

The Rape of the Sabine Women 1637-38 Oil on canvas, 159 x 206 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

This is the second version of the subject by Poussin the first being in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The principal figures are similar to those in the first version, however, the architectural background is more developed.




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Author: POUSSIN, Nicolas Title: The Rape of the Sabine Women Time-line: 1601-1650 School: French Form: painting

Type: mythological

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