Barend Fabritius

The continence of Scipio



Barend Fabritius - The continence of Scipio



Barend Fabritius
The continence of Scipio
120.5 x 158.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Landesmuseum, Hannover


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler II, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 551


Exhibitions

1983 The impact of a genius: Rembrandt, his pupils and followers in the seventeenth century, Nr. 27

Iconclass

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

External links

RKD 50375

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