Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva

c. 1720
279.4 x 487.6 cm
Oil on canvas
The Walters Museum, Baltimore

Literature

The Walters Art Gallery, London, 1997, p. 57

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

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