Sabijnse maagdenroof, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1816

Title(s)

Sabijnse maagdenroof
Il Ratto delle Sabine sotto il regno di Romolo primo Re di Romani (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-171

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 4

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Sabijnschen maagdenroof onder de zegening van Romulus / 753-716’
• number: ‘No 4.’

Description

Sabijnse maagden worden weggevoerd door Romeinse soldaten in opdracht van Romulus. Romulus staat op een verhoging op de achtergrond rechts.

Artist

• print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1816

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 316 mm × width 426 mm

What

• rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast

Credit line

• Gift of J.J. de Man, Ede

Acquisition

gift 1929

Copyright

Public domain

• Bartolomeo Pinelli 1781 - 1835 e il suo tempo, Maurizio Marini, p. 303-305, cat.nr. 4