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The Continence of Scipio
1600
Oil on copper, 44 x 79 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
When conquering Carthage, the Roman general Scipio had captured a young girl. Instead of keeping her for himself, Scipio displayed magnanimity by returning her to her fianc and declaring that the ransom money should be her dowry.
Karel van Mander painted this work on copper, on a white ground, which gives the colours great intensity.
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