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