Vintage 1958 Poussin Art Print

A 1958 reproduction of Nicolas Poussin's Abduction of the Sabine Women from a 1958 Metropolitan Seminars in Art volume.

12.5"x 9.5" unframed

According to popular belief, there are only seven plot types in storytelling. Hence it is not surprising to find artists inspired by the same narrative simultaneously. This is certainly the case with the subject of the  executed by both Nicolas Poussin (this art print) and Peter Paul Rubens in 1635.

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors.