The Rape of the Sabines (after the signal)

Domenico Morone, who was the leading painter of Verona in the late fifteenth century and father of the painter Francesco Morone, created this work around 1490, now in London's National Gallery. This work reflects the artistic culture of Verona during the High Renaissance, when the innovations of the early fifteenth century reached their mature expression in works of unprecedented technical and compositional sophistication.

The panel demonstrates the refined technique of Italian tempera painting, with careful attention to the modulation of light and shadow across drapery folds and the systematic construction of spatial depth.