ID: 700008443 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008443	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Rape of the Sabines (statuette (statue); Giambologna (Flemish sculptor and architect, 1529-1608, acti...; ca. 1579-1580; Victoria and Albert Museum (London, Greater London, England,...; 4125-1854)

Note: This wax model, as an exercise in creating three figures in movement, illustrates the compositional development of the Giambologna's colossal marble sculpture the Rape of the Sabines in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. The current piece is comprised of only two surviving figures, a male supporting a female in the air, although the deterioration and many losses to this group suggest a third figure may have been present at the base of the group or was inserted at a later date. A composition such as this could not be executed in marble as the bulk of the weight of the piece would necessarily be high up and could not be supported at the ankles of the male figure in marble. It is therefore most likely that this group was the sketch-model for Giambologna's bronze version, which would have the tensile strength to support the composition. Examples of the bronze version survive in the Kunsthistorischesmuseum in Vienna and the Museo Nationale di Capodimonte, Naples and are known to have been cast for Ottavio Farnese in 1579.

Titles:

Rape of the Sabines (preferred,C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Rape of a Sabine (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statuette (free-standing sculpture) [300312262] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Italian art

Creation Date: ca. 1579-1580

Creator Display:

Giambologna (Flemish sculptor and architect, 1529-1608, active in Italy) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Giambologna (Flemish sculptor, architect, 1529-1608, active in Italy) Extent: sculpture [500016387]

Locations:

Current: Victoria and Albert Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500302040] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 4125-1854

Other: Creation: Firenze [7000457] Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: modelled wax

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	wax-modeling [300265248]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity), modeling (forming))

	wax [300014585]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material)

	modeling (forming) [300053130]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

	iron (metal) [300011002]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>)

	lead (metal) [300011022]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <lead| lead isotopes| compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: 19.6 cm (height) x 7.65 cm (width) x 8.6 cm max and 6.6 cm footprint (depth), 0.28 kg (weight)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Flemish

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style) [300021144] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred,description)

human figures (description)

Specific Subjects:

	Rape of the Sabines [901000171]
	.....((Roman narratives, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Sabine [300308016]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

Provenance: Gherardini collection, Florence

Related Works:

	related to .... Rape of the Sabines [700008442]
	..........sculpture (visual works); Giambologna (Flemish sculptor and architect, 1529-1608, acti...; 1579-1583, restored 2001; Loggia dei Lanzi (Florence, Firenze province, Tuscany, Italy...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Rape of the Sabines	........ [VP]
	........ Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) accessed 11 February 2015
Rape of a Sabine	........ [VP]
	........ Avery, Giambologna (1987) 276

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Avery, Giambologna (1987) 276

....................... Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) accessed 11 February 2015

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) accessed 11 February 2015