The Rape of the Sabines
date: label: Date
content: 1821–22
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Upper drawing of struggle between women and classically dressed warriors. Lower drawing of man crawling at center being slain by Romulus and Remus, one with spear other with sword. At middleground two warriors, one with shield, kneel before altar. Figures and city wall in background.
place: label: Place
content: Italy
label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3579
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Sketchbook folio
label: Type
content: Sketchbook folio
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white heavy wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.7 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)