THE ABDUCTION OF THE SABINE WOMEN. BRONZE. 19TH CENTURY, AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA.
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Reference: ZF0789
Rape of the Sabine Women. Bronze. 19th century, modeled after Giambologna (Juan de Bolonia; Douai, 1529–Florence 1608). A patinated bronze sculpture made using the lost-wax casting technique featuring a small, also dark, polygonal base. The three human figures are situated on a small rock surface, thus enhancing the complex interplay of diagonals and spirals created by the postures of the two men and the woman, positioned at the top of the composition. Considered Juan de Bolonia's masterpiece, the Rape of the Sabine Women is a sculpture created between 1581 and around 1582. It measures 410 cm in height, is carved from a single piece of marble, and is located in the Loggia della Signoria (Florence, Italy). It depicts a young man lifting a woman over his head, who struggles to free herself from him, while an old man appears between the boy's legs. It is because of this popularity, apart from its quality, that bronze casts of the work and works inspired by it were made even during the artist's lifetime, and, of course, during the Grand Tour and destined, above all, for England and Germany, in various sizes (almost always much smaller than the original). A bronze reduction of the work is attributed to the work by Pietro Tacca, preserved at the Honolulu Academy of Arts; another, dated to the 18th century, is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
· Size: 37x38x114 cms.
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