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Date : approx. between 1633 and 1634
Sizes : 2.1 m x 1.55 m
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Harris Brisbane Dick Fund (1946)
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French Painting
Painting
Area related
Rome (Italy)
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Romulus raised his cloak as the prearranged signal for the warriors to seize the women. The mother, her babies, and an old woman in the foreground were captured accidentally in the turmoil. The yellow armor worn by the man at the right is modeled after a Roman "lorica", which was made of leather and reproduced the anatomy of the male torso. The painting belonged to the maréchal de Créquy and seems to date about June 1633 to July 1634, when he was French ambassador to Rome.
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