The Intervention of the Sabine Women Materials: shell, gold Date: ca 1860 Size of the cameo: 2 x 1 5/8 inches Size of the cameo: 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 inches Conditions: flawless This is a magnificent cameo from a famous painting (1799) by Jacques Louis David, a central figure of the French Neoclassicism art movement. The quality of the carving is superb and the cameo is extremely detailled and almost three-dimensional. Is hard to believe that the carver was able to portray so many figures and details in one cameo! Rare and highly desirable collectors piece.   ORDER PAGE Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) The Romans and the Sabines - Louvre Museum We are in the early days of Roman history. The Romans have abducted the daughters of their neighbors, the Sabines. To avenge this abduction, the Sabines attacked Rome, although not immediately since Hersilia, the daughter of Tatius, the leader of the Sabines, had been married to Romulus, the Roman leader, and then had two children by him in the interim. Here we see Hersilia between her father and husband as she adjures the warriors on both sides not to take wives away from their husbands or mothers away from their children. The other Sabine Women join in her exhortations.