The Intervention of the Sabine Women  1799

This painting is based around the abduction of the Sabines by the neighbouring Romans. The woman who is the central focus of this painting is the Sabine woman, Hersilia. She intervenes in the battle between her husband, the King of Rome and her father, the King of the Sabines. In the background, many are putting away their weapons to allow peace to take over the battlefiel...