
Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
1618 · Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Two horsemen haul two women up onto rearing horses, and the whole canvas spins into one great X of limbs and hooves.
★ 7.4

Two horsemen haul two women up onto rearing horses, and the whole canvas spins into one great X of limbs and hooves.

Eggs are visibly cooking in the pan as you watch. Velázquez painted this in Seville when he was barely nineteen years old.