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241 - Italian school, 17th century Architectural Caprice with the …
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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Italian school, 17th century Architectural Caprice with the Abduction of the Sabine Women Oil on canvas 123 x 146 cm. In the 17th century, the theme of the Abduction of the Sabine women was very popular with painters, particularly in the Italian context, which was marked by Baroque aesthetics. Taken from the legendary story of ancient Rome, this episode offered artists a subject conducive to depicting movement, dramatic tension and human passions. Painters exploited the violence of the scene to create complex, spectacular compositions, characterised by the multiplicity of figures and the dynamics of the bodies. They also used the subject to demonstrate their mastery of anatomy, perspective and spatial organisation. Fuelled by their admiration for classical antiquity, 17th-century artists saw this scene as a way of exalting Rome's heroic origins, as well as the political and civic values associated with its history. Painters such as Pietro da Cortona and Nicolas Poussin offered interpretations that confronted violence, order and the construction of power. Finally, the Abduction of the Sabine women is a subject particularly well suited to the aesthetic and intellectual ambitions of 17th-century Baroque and Classical painting.
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Auction time 06/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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