©Pablo Picasso - The Abduction of Sabines 1962

Picasso The Abduction of Sabines 1962
The Abduction of Sabines
1962 oil/canvas
Private collection

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Pablo Picasso visited this theme in his several versions of the Rape of the Sabine Women (1962–63), one of which is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. These are based on David's version. These conflate the beginning and end of the story, depicting the brutish Romulus and Tatius ignoring and trampling on the exposed figure of Hersilia and her child.