Edelmoedigheid van Scipio, John Miller, after Richard Earlom, 1766

Title(s)

Edelmoedigheid van Scipio
The Continence of Scipio (title on object)
Voornaamste schilderijen van Engeland (series title)
The Most Capital Paintings in England (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

28/?

Object number

RP-P-1949-503

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Tekst in het Engels in de ondermarge. Scipio de Oudere geeft een gevangengenomen maagd terug aan haar verloofde die voor hem neerknielt. Genummerd: 28.

Artist

• print maker: John Miller (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Anthony van Dyck (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Richard Earlom (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Boydell (mentioned on object)
• John Boydell (mentioned on object)
• John Campbell (4e hertog van Argyll) (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1766

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 478 mm × width 599 mm

What

• 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

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1949

Copyright

Public domain