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Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Continence of Scipio
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Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Continence of Scipio
1600
72.2 x 106.5 cm
Oil on copper
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Literature
Anne T. Woollett, Ariane van Suchtelen,
Rubens & Brueghel
, Zwolle, 2006, fig. 10
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
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Accession number
827
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