The Rape of a Sabine Woman, View from Behind
c. 1598
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Sheet trimmed within platemark: 42.2 × 27.8 cm (16 5/8 × 11 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80158
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Jan Harmensz Muller produced a series of masterful engravings from three different vantage points after wax models for Adriaen de Vries’s sculpture The Rape of a Sabine Woman. When de Vries cast his sculpture around 1620, long after Muller produced his prints, he replicated the style of antique bronzes. Muller’s series highlights both his engraving skill and his ability to mimic sculpture in the round. The twists and turns of conflicting male and female bodies, from the ancient story in which Ro...
About the Artist
Jan Harmensz. Muller · 1571–1628
Comment on works: Printer and Draughtsman