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Polidoro da Caravaggio

Rape of the Sabines

1499–1543
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
16.6 × 38.8 cm (6.5 × 15.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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