The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus

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The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
painting
artForm oil on canvas
artStyle dynamic composition
rich color palette
strong chiaroscuro
basedOn Greek mythology
colorPalette strong contrasts of light and shadow
warm tones
country Germany
creator Peter Paul Rubens
dateOfCreation c. 1617–1618
depicts Castor
Pollux
surface form: Dioscuri

Hilaeira
Phoebe
Pollux
abduction of the daughters of Leucippus
genre mythological painting
hasPart figure of Castor
figure of Hilaeira
figure of Phoebe
figure of Pollux
putto with torch
height 224 cm
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn Munich
location Alte Pinakothek, Munich
surface form: Alte Pinakothek
materialUsed oil paint
movement Baroque
notableFor complex diagonal composition
expressive movement of figures
sensuous depiction of the female nude
orientation portrait format
originalTitle Der Raub der Töchter des Leukippos
originalTitleLanguage German
shows dramatic sky
putto
rearing horses
two armored horsemen
two nude women being abducted
surface canvas
theme abduction
heroic love
mythological narrative
violence
width 209 cm

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Peter Paul Rubens notableWork The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus