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Fireback Tile Picture with Scipio
anonymous, c. 1615 - c. 1640
The Roman General Scipio defeated Hannibal (opposite wall) and the Carthaginian Army during the Second Punic War. The tile tableaux with the two army leaders adorned the inside of a chimney, on either side of the flue. Painted on a white, reflective surface, the large figures will have appeared very lifelike in the dim hearth light.
- Artwork typetile, tile tableau
- Object numberBK-NM-5291
- Dimensionsheight 153 cm x width 38 cm x depth 3 cm