Rape of the Sabine Women
Pietro da Cortona · 1627
Why it's great
Roman soldiers carry off women from a neighboring city, in a crowded, twisting scene in a Roman square. Pietro da Cortona painted it in about 1627, and it tells a legend from Rome's early history.
Where to see it
📍 Capitoline MuseumsRome, Italy
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Pietro da Cortona was an Italian painter and architect born in the town of Cortona in 1596. He lived in Rome and became one of the leading artists of the Baroque, painting giant ceilings such as the one at the Palazzo Barberini. He died in Rome in 1669.
