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The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Nicolas Poussin
probably 1633–34 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 60 7/8 x 82 5/8 in. (154.6 x 209.9 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Romans invited the neighboring Sabines with the intention of forcibly retaining their young women as wives. Romulus raised his cloak as the pre-arranged signal for the warriors to seize the women....
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