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Abduction of a Sabine Woman (or The Rape of the Sabine) is a large and complex marble statue by the Flemish sculptor and architect Giambologna (Johannes of Boulogne). It was completed between 1579 and 1583 [1] for Cosimo I de' Medici. [2]
' the kidnapped Sabine women '), also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region.
Displayed in the middle of the Sala del Colosso, we find the large model for the famous marble group by the Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne, which was made between 1579 and 1580 without a commission and with no specific iconographic subject.
The cast depicts three figures connected by a serpentine-shaped movement, with one man lifting a woman into the air while a second man crouches. The name of “ The Rape of the Sabines ”, was suggested by his contemporary Vincenzo Borghini.
Famous statue in Florence depicting the abduction of the women of Sabine by Giambologna (Public domain) Romulus found the perfect opportunity during the celebration of the Consualia. According to the ancient writer Plutarch, this festival was founded by Romulus himself.
This sculpture by the workshop of Giambologna is represneting and referring to the legend of the Rape of the Sabines. Born in Flanders Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608), or short Giambologna went to Rome to study antique sculpture from about 1550 to 1553.
The Rape of a Sabine Woman. One of the most influential European sculptors of the late sixteenth century, Giovanni da Bologna trained in his native Flanders before traveling to Rome in around...
