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The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin)
Series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The legendary rape of the Sabine women is the subject of two oil paintings by Nicolas Poussin.[lower-alpha 1] The first version was painted in Rome about 1634 or 1635 and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, catalogued as The Abduction of the Sabine Women.[1] The second, painted in 1637 or 1638, is in the Louvre in Paris, catalogued as L'enlèvement des Sabines.[3][lower-alpha 2]