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Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

The Continence of Scipio

c. 1710
oil on canvas
127 × 105 cm (50 × 41.3 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In a story of virtuous leadership and wise government, the Roman commander Scipio Africanus the Elder appears after his stunning conquest of New Carthage in Spain in 209 BC. Standing above the crowd, he returns his victor’s reward--a beautiful young woman--to her husband.

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