# The Intervention of the Sabine Women \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DAVID, Jacques-Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

For the first time in a history painting by David, the central figure is a woman, Hersilia, who forces herself between Romulus, her husband, on the right, and the Sabine Tatius, her father, on the left. Other women cling to the warriors and place themselves and their children between the opposing groups.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of the French People Offering the Crown and Sceptre to the King](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/allegory-of-the-french-people-offering-the-crown-and-sceptre-to-the-king-rc816fb8bdc4adb>)
- [Andromache Mourning Hector](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/andromache-mourning-hector-re95a78135db9a4>)
- [Anne-Marie-Louise Thélusson, Comtesse de Sorcy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/anne-marie-louise-thlusson-comtesse-de-sorcy-r3aebb35592e9ea>)
- [Antiochus and Stratonica](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/antiochus-and-stratonica-red4c999b33e109>)
- [Belisarius Receiving Alms](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/belisarius-receiving-alms-r427703bf0a794f>)
- [Bonaparte, Calm on a Fiery Steed, Crossing the Alps \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/bonaparte-calm-on-a-fiery-steed-crossing-the-alps-detail-rdd42ab7be690fd>)
- [Bonaparte, Calm on a Fiery Steed, Crossing the Alps](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/bonaparte-calm-on-a-fiery-steed-crossing-the-alps-r1ccae70b2c0e89>)
- [Brutus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/brutus-re834a8bc118b52>)
- [Christ on the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/christ-on-the-cross-r856c9c7e64f35d>)
- [Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/consecration-of-the-emperor-napoleon-i-and-coronation-of-the-empress-josephine-r812a02aa2b6a5b>)
- [Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/consecration-of-the-emperor-napoleon-i-detail-r6f0af8f6299a86>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)