Antique Print-ROMULUS-RAPE-SABINE WOMEN-ROME-Pool-Poussin-ca 1700

This coloured print shows the rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast.

Made by Matthys Pool after Nicolas Poussin.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 35.5 x 29.5 cm (13.98 x 11.61 inch). Image size: 29 x 22 cm. (11.42 x 8.66 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Remains of brown paper and glue in corners and in middle. Creases. Browns spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ROMULUS-RAPE-SABINE WOMEN-ROME | RBOS-A7-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published ca 1700.

Biography engraver: Mattys Pool (1670-1732) worked as a printmaker/publisher in Amsterdam. He travelled to France. .

Biography artist: Nicolas Poussin (1594-16658) was the leading French painter of the classical French Baroque style.