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Gerrit Willemsz. Horst
The continence of Scipio
Literature
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Gerrit Willemsz. Horst
The continence of Scipio
247 x 326 cm
Oil on canvas
Formerly Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, Berlin (lost in WW2)
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski,
Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler II
, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 911
Literature
Eric Jan Sluijter,
Rembrandt's rivals
, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. VI-13
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98B(SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR)51
The continence of Scipio: he restores a captive woman to her bridegroom Allucius, who kneels before him; the ransom offered by the bride's parents is given to Allucius as a wedding-gift
Other works by Gerrit Willemsz. Horst
Resting young man
1649
Still-Life
Isaac Blessing Jacob
1638
Isaac Blessing Jacob
c. 1635-37
The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau
1641