The Continence of Scipio, Giacinto Diana, 1765 - 1770

Identification

Title(s)

The Continence of Scipio

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3465

Description

De grootmoedigheid van Scipio. De maagd en haar verloofde voor de veldheer op zijn troon. Het werk is een voorstudie voor een plafondschildering in het Palazzo Serre di Cassano te Napels.

Creation

Artist

painter: Giacinto Diana

Dating

1765 - 1770

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 64.4 cm × width 78.8 cm × thickness 2.5 cm
depth 5.2 cm

Subject

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

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Jun-1944

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? purchased from an unknown dealer, Capri, by the dealer T. Mulder, Amsterdam;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 3,000, to the museum, with support from the Edwin vom Rath Fonds, 1944

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections, Bernard Jan Hendrik Aikema, Ewoud Mijnlieff, Mandy Sikkens, Gert Jan van der Sman, Bert Treffers
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 193
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 17, cat.nr. 31

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8280

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