The continence of Scipio. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
Date:
[between 1670 and 1679?]
Reference:
2969310i
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Description

During the second Punic War as narrated by Livy, Scipio refused the offer of a ransom for the fiancée of a Carthaginian prince, provided that he joined the Roman side in the war

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad temp. Pacis) : Io. Iacob.. de Rubeis formis cu(m) priv. S. Pont, [between 1670 and 1679?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching : platemark 21.5 x 31.2 cm

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Lettering

Hostium corpora Scipio ferro vincere voluit, animos continentia vincere maluit. Eques Petrus Berettin. Corton. pinx. Floren. in aedib. Seren. magni Ducis Hetrur. in camera Veneris. Cornel. Bloemart sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2969310i

Reproduction note

After: a painting by Pietro da Cortona in the Pitti Palace in Florence

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