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de Cortone Pierre
(1st Nov, 1596 - 16th May, 1669)
L'enlèvement des Sabines
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Thierry Le Mage
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
landscape background
kidnapping
scène antique romaine
figure study
temple
fear
Sabine women
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About the artwork
Title:
L'enlèvement des Sabines
Periods:
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
Techniques:
wash with grey
brown ink
pen (drawing)
grey ink
wash with brown
black chalk
Dimensions:
423 x 605
Inventory number:
RF6915-recto
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
de Cortone Pierre
Also known as:
Pietro Berrettini
Born:
1st Nov, 1596
Dead:
16th May, 1669
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Pietro da Cortona
(1 November 1596/7 – 16 May 1669) was born
Pietro Berrettini
, but is primarily known by the name of his native town of Cortona in Tuscany. He was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and, along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations. Cortona worked mainly in Rome and Florence. He is best known…
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