Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

The Continence of Scipio



Gerbrand van den Eeckhout - The Continence of Scipio



Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
The Continence of Scipio
1659
131.1 x 169.2 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower centre on step: G.v. Eeckhout ƒe. A 1659
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler II, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 430
Peter C. Sutton, Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1990, nr. 28


Provenance

Possibly Half Collection, Wassenaar, 1752
Thomas Jefferson Bryan (c. 1800-1870), New York
Cooper Union
deeded to the New-York Historical Society, 1867
with H. Shickman, New York
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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

Philadelphia Museum of Art Accession number E1981-1-1

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