Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

The continence of Scipio



Gerbrand van den Eeckhout - The continence of Scipio



Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
The continence of Scipio
44.7 x 50.2 cm
Oil on canvas
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler II, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 474


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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