\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting represents a mythological subject: the abduction of the daughters of Leucippus by Castor and Pollux. Rubens g
ives it a typically baroque composition dominated by a sense of movement, curved lines, complex groups of figures and solemn, almost theatrical poses. The womenÆs bodies are plump and very pale-skinned, as befitted the Flemish painterÆs ideal of feminin
