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Joshua Reynolds
The Continence of Scipio
Literature
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Joshua Reynolds
The Continence of Scipio
239.5 x 165.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Literature
Elizaveta Renne,
State Hermitage Museum catalogue
, London; New Haven, 2011, nr. 87
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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
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Lady Smith and Her Children
1787
The Age of Innocence
?1788
Georgiana Augusta Frederica Elliott
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Maria Marow Gideon and Her Brother, William
1786/1787