Which Jacques-Louis David painting shows the Sabine women stopping a battle?

The Intervention of the Sabine Women is the Jacques-Louis David painting showing the Sabine women stopping a battle.

Completed in 1799, the large oil painting depicts a legendary episode from Rome’s early history. According to the story, Roman men had abducted Sabine women and married them; when the Sabine men later attacked Rome, the women placed themselves between their husbands and fathers to stop the bloodshed. The central figure, Hersilia, separates Romulus and the Sabine leader Tatius while children reinforce the painting’s message of reconciliation.

David conceived the work after the French Revolution and while recovering from imprisonment, giving its theme of peace and civil healing particular resonance. The painting is also known as Les Sabines or The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running between the Combatants. Viewers sometimes confuse it with David’s The Oath of the Horatii, another Roman history painting, but that earlier work shows three brothers pledging loyalty before combat.