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The rape of the Sabines after, Jean de Bologne (Giambologna).
GIAMBOLOGNA (C.1529-1608)
19th century
Bronze, brown patina, on a round wooden base, mounted.
Height : 34cm
The rape of the Sabines took place during the reign of Romulus. Anxious to enlarge the population and the warrior force of Rome, it welcomed all males, so much so that the city quickly found itself in need of women. Eager to settle this problem, Romulus invited the neighboring populations to attend the feasts of Consualia which he had just created in homage to the god Consus.
As the guests paid their attention to the equestrian games, the Romans took over of the Sabines.
The verticality of this work shows us the impotence of the Sabine then crushed between the abductor’s legs, pleading with a wave of his hand. The Roman is represented by a curly hair and a short beard, gazing intently at his booty. Sabine at the top of this sculpture cries out his despair, stretching his hand towards the sky.
This bronze sculpture is a reduced version of the large marble by Giambologna (1529-1608), commissioned by the Grand Duke Francesco de Medici and unveiled in 1583. He remains in his
place of origin at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.
Reference bibliography :
C. Avery, Giambologna - The Complete Sculpture, Oxford, 1987, pp. 109-114, 254, figs. 104-107.
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