In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
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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Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787) — Study for "Antiochus an
Sebastiano Ricci — The Continence of Scipio
Giambattista Pittoni — The Sacrifice of Polyxena in Malibu
Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet|Louis Desplaces — Astyanax taken from
Ferdinand Bol — Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus Orders the Be
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — Christ and the Woman Taken in Ad
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — La famiglia di Dario dinanzi ad 
Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (German, 1609–1684) — Abduction of
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807) — Laban Searchin
Giambattista Pittoni — The Sacrifice of Polyxena at the Tomb
Placido Costanzi — Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria
Jan van Noordt (1623-1676) — The continence of Scipio
