After Jean de Boulogne, called Giambologna (Italo-Flemish, 1529-1608), a Continental patinated bronze model of the Rape of the Sabine Women, probably 18th century, the central male figure portrayed restraining a nude maiden, above a further crouching male, on a circular section marmo nero Belgio and rouge marble socle, 46cm high overall, the bronze 34cm high This bronze is a reduction of Giambologna's celebrated group of the Rape of the Sabine Women, which was executed in marble in the early 1580s and unveiled on 14 January 1583 in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. Though a popular group with Italian makers and Grand Tourists during the 18th and 19th centuries, the dark patination, relatively heavy cast and hand-finished features of the present lot recall examples associated with Netherlandish workshops, such as the cast of Giambologna's Nessus and Deianeira recently offered at Sotheby's London, Royal and Noble, 21 January 2020, lot 3 (property from Killadoon House, Ireland).