The Rape of a Sabine Woman (View from Behind)

c.1598

Jan Muller, after Adriaen de Vries

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Dancker Danckerts

Publisher

Adriaen de Vries

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1556 - 1626

This is a drawing of two muscular figures standing in a dynamic pose. It features two human figures shown from the back, showcasing their muscular forms in intricate detail. One figure extends an arm outward while the other is reaching downward. The background includes a faded landscape with architectural elements and small figures. Fine lines are used for shading to emphasize the muscular definition and add depth to the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 42.2 × 28.5 cm (16 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 44.8 × 30.6 cm (17 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.582

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 77, State v/vi

  • Series Title

    The Rape of a Sabine Woman (Plate 1)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd., London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 28, 1984; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 65, iv/vii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Muller Dynasty, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 77, v/vi

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom centre: 1.; below image, at centre: En tibi Romanae sobolis furtiua propago, / Quae creuit raptu, virgo Sabina, tuo; below image, at left: Has effigies per Adrianum de Vries / Haghien è caerâ formatas, Joan: / Mullerus aeri incîdit.; below image, at right: Hatmannus Mullerus / excudebat Amsterodamj. / Cornelus Danckerts Excud. / Dancker Danckerts Excud; below image, in pen and brown ink, by later hand: 4 st.

Wikidata ID

Q76557239

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