Rape of the Sabine
Jean de Boulogne , detto il Giambologna
Douai, 1529 – Firenze,
The original is in Carrara marble and situated to Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence.
The Rape of the Sabine Women rather than its prevalent modern meaning of sexual violation) is an episode in the legendary early history of Rome narrated by Livy and Plutarch ('Lives' II, 15 and 19)