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Bolognese school; called also Lorenzino da Bologna; pupil probably of Prospero Fontana, but imitated Michelangelo, Raphael, and Parmigiano. Went to Rome, after winning reputation in Bologna, and succeeded so well that he was appointed (1572) by Gregory XIII. superintendent of the paintings then in progress at the Vatican. Works: Assumption, Dead Christ, Pilgrims of Emmaus, Bologna Gallery; Madonna (dated 1572), Louvre; Madonna with Saints, Berlin Museum; Marriage of St. Catherine, Dresden Gallery.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 415; Malvasia, i. 181; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Burckhardt, 761.

Rape of the Sabines, Luca Giordano, Dresden Gallery.

SABINES, RAPE OF THE. Romulus, his people having been refused the right of connubium or legal marriage by the Sabines and the Latins, instituted games in honour of the god Consus and invited his neighbours with their wives and children to the festival. When they were assembled, the Roman youths seized and carried off the virgins and made them their wives. This led to war, and both parties were nearly exhausted with the struggle when the Sabine women rushed in among the combatants and brought about a reconciliation between their husbands and their fathers (Plut., Rom. 14; Livy, i. 13).

By Luca Giordano, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 7 ft. 2 in. × 8 ft. The Sabine women seized and borne away by the Romans. In the background, near a Corinthian temple, Romulus, mounted upon a horse, is directing the movement. Painted for Marie Louise d'Orléans, Queen of Spain; taken from Naples to Dresden. Engraved by R. Gaillard; R. Sourique; J. F. Beauvarlet; Réveil.—Gal. roy. de Dresde, ii. Pl. 40; Domenici, iii. 415.

By Pietro da Cortona, Blenheim Palace. One of the master's best works.—Waagen, Treasures, iii. 126.

By Pietro da Cortona, Capitol Museum, Rome. At right, a woman in a soldier's embrace, raises her hands in supplication; at left, another, borne away by a Roman, looks pityingly at her infant, which cries and seeks to follow her; in middle, a third energetically resists her aggressor. Copy by J. C. Naigeon, Dijon Museum. Engraved by P. Aquila.

By Nicolas Poussin, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 5 ft. × 6 ft. 6 in. At left, on the peristyle of a palace, before which stand the lictors, Romulus, with two senators behind him, gives the signal for the seizure of the Sabine women by raising his mantle; in foreground, at right, the Romans are capturing their prey; in background, a temple and other buildings. Valued in 1816 at 150,000 francs. Engraved by Abr. Girardet; Étienne Baudet; P. L. H. Laurent; Pool; Bovinet. Same subject, differently treated, formerly in collection of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, engraved by Jean Au-