Pieter Codde

The Magnanimity of Scipio



Pieter Codde - The Magnanimity of Scipio



Pieter Codde
The Magnanimity of Scipio
c. 1633-35
54.6 x 75.5 cm
Oil on panel
The Leiden Collection, New York


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Rosen 142

Literature
Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt's rivals, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. V-60


Exhibitions

2023 Rembrandt and His Contemporaries. History paintings from The Leiden Collection, Nr. 5

Provenance

Sale Christie's London, 7 July 2006

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

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number PC-100

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Pieter Codde Diana and her Nymphs
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Pieter Codde Dancing Lesson
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Pieter Codde An Interior with Musicians Seated around a Table
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The Dead Adonis Lamented by Venus, the Three Graces and Cupid
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