Abduction of Women – Study (Abduction of the Daughters of Leukipp Lovis Corinth

• The work is entirely influenced by Peter Paul Rubens • Created during Corinth’s time in Berlin • Corinth later also rendered the motif of the abduction of women in prints within his extensive body of work Corinth explored the theme of the abduction of women during his time in Berlin. He drew inspiration from Peter Paul Rubens, whose version he admired at the Alte Pinakothek during his years in Munich, where the painting entered the collection in 1805/06 via Mannheim. Lovis Corinth’s preliminary sketch for the ‘Abduction of a Woman’ (Berend-Corinth 303) is not yet as detailed as the larger oil painting, which the artist produced in the same year for the Berlin-Schöneberg local authority and which is now considered lost. In the Schöneberg version, the horseman depicted is the sculptor Nikolaus Friedrich (1865–1914), a friend of Corinth’s, whom he portrayed twice. In the large final version of *The Abduction of the Women*, Corinth focuses solely on a naked woman at the centre of the scene, who is being dragged onto the horse by the two armoured soldiers. In this earlier sketch, both daughters of Leucippus, the King of Messenia, are still visible. Corinth later removed the two figures on the left from the composition and, in their place, emphasised the horse even more. Charlotte Berend-Corinth recounts a charming anecdote about the horse: ‘For a long time, Corinth was unable to find a horse for this painting that matched his inner vision. One day he saw the piebald horse in front of a large cart, noted down the owner’s name, came to an agreement with him and, to his great delight, now had the model for his painting.’ (WVZ p. 99). | 1858 Tapiau/Ostpreußen - Zandvoort 1925 | Moderne Kunst | Gemälde | Nummer: 3170910 | Provenance: Sammlung A. von Dulong, Berlin; Galerie Hugo Helbing, Sammlung Frau von Dulong, München 21.10.1912, Los 9, s/w Abb. Tafel 2; Rudolph Lepke, Berlin 21.4.1914, Los 92, s/w Abb. Tafel 4 ("Raub der Sabinerinnen"); Sammlung Albert Walter von Heymel, Berlin, bis 1917; Paul Cassirer/Hugo Helbing, Nachlass A. W. von Heymel, Berlin 8.3.1917, Los 17, s/w Abb.; Frau Toni Lessing, Berlin, ab 1917; Sammlung A. Tietz, Köln, bis 1933; Lempertz, Köln 23.11.1933, Los 39, o. Abb.; Dr. Conrad Doebbeke (1889-1954), Berlin; Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin, April 1961; Lempertz, Köln 1.12.1961, Los 95, s/w Abb. Tafel 37; Galerie am Hauptmarkt, Nürnberg; Privatsammlung, Baden-Württemberg, 1975 bei Vorgenannter erworben.

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