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| The Rape of the Sabine Women 1627-29 Oil on canvas, 280,5 x 426 cm Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome |
The Rape of the Sabine Women is a subject well known and practiced by many artists, included Pietro da Cortona, who received the commission by the Sacchetti family. This painting, today in the Pinacoteca Capitolina, was executed by the artist before the Triumph of Divine Providence for the Barberini Family in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome.
If you have occasion to visit Rome, don't forget to stop and admire this artwork in the Pinacoteca Capitolina at the top of the Campidoglio!
A presto!!
Hi Simona,
ReplyDeleteI have been to Rome and I have seen this painting...more beautiful in reality that in a picture!