The Rape of the Sabine Women
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The Rape of the Sabine Women, also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. It has been a frequent subject of painters and sculptors, particularly since the Renaissance.
Abduction of a Sabine Woman by Giambologna, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, by Poussin, 1634–35 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Peter Paul Rubens
Rape of the Sabine Women by Pietro da Cortona, 1627–1629
Bride kidnapping
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Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts and rapes the woman he wishes to marry.
A depiction of Vikings kidnapping a woman. Viking men would often kidnap foreign women for marriage or concubinage from lands that they had pillaged. Illustrated by French painter Évariste Vital Luminais in the 19th century.
The painting depicts a Chilean woman being kidnapped during a malón.
L'enlèvement des Sabines (1637–38) by Nicolas Poussin: the mythological abduction of the Sabines has been a theme in Western art
St. Olga of Kyiv attacking a would-be kidnapper's stronghold