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Piazza della Signoria
(Loggia dei Lanzi)

Ratto delle Sabine

Rape of the Sabine Women

The rape of the Sabine Women was an incident from Roman mythology, in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. It has been a frequent subject of artists, particularly during the Renaissance and post-Renaissance eras
(Wikipedia)

Giambologna
1582

Description

Marble sculpture depicting three figures (a man lifting a woman into the air while a second man crouches).

The square base has a bronze relief panel depicting the same story of the rape of the Sabine women.

Firenze - Ratto delle Sabine

Signature

opvs ioannis bolonii flandri mdlxxxii

Sculptor

Giambologna, or Jean Boulogne, incorrectly known as Giovanni da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna (Douai 1529 - Florence 1608), sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Ratto delle Sabine (Giambologna).

Locatie (N 43°46'9" - E 11°15'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto046; Photograph: 8 May 2017
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