
Collection Online as of February 2, 2023
(Italian, 1675–1741)
Oil on canvas
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1968.207
217 Italian Baroque
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.