The Rape of the Sabines (after Pietro da Cortona) by Pietro da Cortona

Painting of soldiers seizing struggling women before classical architecture, with a crowd of figures in turmoil.

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The Rape of the Sabines (after Pietro da Cortona), Pietro da Cortona (1596), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This painted composition shows a violent abduction scene set before classical architecture and an obelisk, with armored soldiers seizing women amid a crowd of struggling figures. Figures raise their arms and recoil in anguish across the foreground, with a kneeling woman at lower center.

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1596

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Public domain