The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin) - Quiz
The Rape of the Sabine Women Poussin
  • 1. When was Poussin's 'The Rape of the Sabine Women' likely painted?
A) 1645 or 1646
B) 1620 or 1621
C) 1633 or 1634
D) 1650 or 1651
  • 2. Who was one of the early owners of the painting and the French ambassador to Rome in the 1630s?
A) Maréchal Charles de Créquy
B) Cardinal Richelieu
C) Rudolf J. Heinemann
D) Sir Francis Cook
  • 3. To whom did Cardinal Richelieu likely bequeath the painting?
A) King Louis XIII
B) The Duchess d'Aiguillon
C) The Stourhead heirs
D) Sir Francis Cook
  • 4. Who engraved Poussin's 'The Rape of the Sabine Women'?
A) Sir Francis Cook
B) Maréchal Charles de Créquy
C) Rudolf J. Heinemann
D) Jean or Gérard Audran
  • 5. Where does Romulus stand in the painting?
A) On an elevation at the right side
B) Behind the lictors
C) In the center of the square
D) On an elevation at the left side
  • 6. What is the preconcerted signal for the soldiers to seize the women?
A) The lowering of a flag
B) A trumpet blast
C) A shout from the senators
D) Romulus raising the skirt of his robe
  • 7. In 1946, from whom did Pinakos, Inc. and Knoedler purchase the painting?
A) Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet
B) Sir Herbert Cook
C) Sir Frederick Cook
D) The Duchess d'Aiguillon
  • 8. Who is seen kneeling and supplicating the lictors for aid?
A) Romulus
B) An aged woman
C) A young Sabine woman
D) A Roman senator
  • 9. What is the soldier on the left in front doing to the woman he has seized?
A) Kneeling before her
B) Asking for her hand in marriage
C) Bearing her off while she struggles
D) Defending her from another soldier
  • 10. Where was the painting displayed while in the possession of the Cook family?
A) Stourhead estate
B) Doughty House, Richmond
C) The Louvre
D) The Palace of Versailles
  • 11. What is the woman on the left in front doing to the soldier who has seized her?
A) Begging for mercy
B) Calling for her father
C) Pulling his hair and knocking his helmet off
D) Running away from him
  • 12. What happens on the right side of the painting?
A) A soldier is being arrested by lictors
B) A group of women is fighting back
C) A Roman seizes a young woman running after her father
D) Romulus is descending from his elevation
  • 13. In what year was the painting purchased at the sale of the Stourhead heirlooms?
A) 1883
B) 1920
C) 1901
D) 1939
  • 14. Who stands behind Romulus in the painting?
A) An aged woman
B) Two lictors
C) Two senators
D) Two soldiers
  • 15. How is the background of the scene described?
A) A dark, cramped prison cell
B) A lush forest with mountains
C) A busy marketplace with stalls
D) A large open square surrounded by beautiful edifices
  • 16. In which city was the first version of the painting created?
A) Paris
B) Florence
C) Rome
D) Venice
  • 17. Where is the Metropolitan Museum of Art version of the painting located?
A) Paris
B) New York City
C) London
D) Rome
  • 18. What is the title used by the Louvre for their version of Poussin's painting?
A) The Rape of the Sabine Women
B) L'enlèvement des Sabines
C) The Sabine Intervention
D) The Abduction of the Sabine Women
  • 19. Which artist sculpted the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto?
A) Pietro da Cortona
B) Bernini
C) Poussin
D) Giambologna
  • 20. On what types of furniture were scenes of the Sabine women often depicted in the quattrocento?
A) Writing desks
B) Tuscan cassoni
C) Bed frames
D) Dining tables
  • 21. In what year did Poussin arrive in Rome?
A) 1621
B) 1624
C) 1634
D) 1637
  • 22. Who painted a celebrated picture of the abduction around 1630 that influenced Poussin?
A) Andrea Andreani
B) François Perrier
C) Giambologna
D) Pietro da Cortona
  • 23. Which Mannerist sculptor likely influenced Poussin’s depiction of entwined abductors?
A) François Perrier
B) Giambologna
C) Bernini
D) Pietro da Cortona
  • 24. Who produced a chiaroscuro woodcut of Giambologna’s sculpture?
A) François Perrier
B) Pietro da Cortona
C) Andrea Andreani
D) Nicolas Poussin
  • 25. What Roman sculpture does the group to the right of the Metropolitan painting recall?
A) Laocoön and His Sons
B) The Abduction of Proserpina
C) The Galatian Suicide
D) The Farnese Bull
  • 26. Where does the action in the Metropolitan version take place?
A) In a palace courtyard
B) On a battlefield
C) In the forum
D) In a temple
  • 27. In whose honour were the games being held?
A) Mars
B) Jupiter
C) Consus
D) Romulus
  • 28. Who commented on the 'excellent preservation' of the Metropolitan painting in 1837?
A) Andreani
B) Smith
C) Poussin
D) Perrier
  • 29. Who was the biographer that identified Cardinal Alessandro Luigi Omodei as the patron of the painting?
A) Abraham Girardet
B) Sir Richard Colt Hoare
C) Bellori
D) Herman Braun-Vega
  • 30. In what year did the painting pass into the collection of Louis XIV?
A) 1638
B) 1974
C) 1837
D) 1685
  • 31. Which of the following artists engraved The Rape of the Sabine Women?
A) Cardinal Omodei
B) Sir Richard Colt Hoare
C) Étienne Baudet
D) Herman Braun-Vega
  • 32. How many preparatory drawings exist for the two versions of the painting?
A) Two
B) Twenty
C) Six
D) Four
  • 33. Where is the preparatory drawing for the Metropolitan version of the painting located?
A) The Louvre
B) Chatsworth House
C) Windsor Castle
D) The Uffizi
  • 34. Which artist created a series of twenty paintings based on Poussin's work in 1974?
A) Abraham Girardet
B) Matthijs Pool
C) Herman Braun-Vega
D) Edme Bovinet
  • 35. What event was a specific focus of Braun-Vega's critique in his series?
A) 1973 Chilean coup d'état
B) The Roman founding myths
C) The building of the Louvre
D) The French Revolution
  • 36. What technique did Braun-Vega contrast with his 'Poussin-like' style?
A) Rigorous plastic construction
B) Minimalist black and white lines
C) Trompe-l'œil sketches
D) Chromatic warmth
  • 37. Which work by Braun-Vega references Poussin in 1981?
A) Bonjour Monsieur Poussin
B) Mémoires (Poussin)
C) L'enlèvement à la miche de pain
D) Tiens, voilà du boudin
  • 38. In the context of the text, what is a key theme Braun-Vega identifies in Poussin's painting?
A) Religious piety
B) Aggression
C) Agricultural prosperity
D) Classical architecture
  • 39. According to the text, which painting is known as 'lost'?
A) The Rape of the Sabine Women
B) Casse-croûte de campagne
C) Women Bathing
D) The Triumph of Flora
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