The Rape of the Sabines (before 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 painting reveals skilled handling of tempera medium in the graduated modeling of drapery and flesh tones, with the balanced composition and clear spatial organization typical of established Italian workshop methods.