Engraving Les Sabines - Jacques-Louis David

This print was engraved by Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël Massard (1775-1843) in 1799 after a painting by French painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). It depicts a legendary episode in the founding of Rome. The Sabines were trying to take back their daughters who had been kidnapped by the Romans led by Romulus...

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This print was engraved by Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël Massard (1775-1843) in 1799 after a painting by French painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). It depicts a legendary episode in the founding of Rome. The Sabines were trying to take back their daughters who had been kidnapped by the Romans led by Romulus, who was trying to populate the city he had just founded. A long war ensued, which ended when the Sabines intervened to reconcile the two parties.

It is this episode, a call for peace, that the painter illustrates. This choice was far from insignificant in the political context of the revolution, where his stance in favour of Robespierre landed him in prison. This is an allegory in which David advocates reconciliation between the French after the Revolution.

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