Copy after Jan Lievens

Copy after the original in the Leiden Town Hall, lost in a fire in 1929

Literature

Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt's rivals, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. VII-69

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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Old Man with a Beard

Young Man with a Gorget

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