Title

Dish with the Rape of the Sabine Women

Author

Melin, Matthias

Antwerp, 1588 - Antwerp, 1653

Typology

School

Date

Century

Dimensions

Technique

Inscriptions

Signature, engraved, : : Matia Melin F.
Inscription, engraved, : : Belga 1627

Observations

The plate features the Rape of the Sabine women, watched over by Romulus, in high relief in a Roman landscape. On the edge, the circular frieze depicts putti playing or fighting; four cartouches with episodes from the story of Romulus and Remus separate them.

No hallmarks.

Related links

Bibliography

• P. Baudouin (1985): "Mattheus Melyn: Plat décoratif avec l'Enlèvement des Sabines", vol. 2, en Splendeurs d'Espagne et les villes belges 1500-1700, Crédit communal de Belgique, Brussels, p. 657, il. D33.
• E. Tormo y Monzó (1932): Toledo: Tesoro y Museos, Gráficas Marinas, Madrid, p. 30.

Locations

• Toledo Cathedral, Toledo (Spain)