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Mucius Scaevola before King Porsenna
This almost impossibly detailed picture is meticulously painted. And magnificent. The actual subject of the painting is in the foreground: the Roman nobleman Gaius Mucius has thrust his hand into a burning fire to avoid divulging the participants in a failed coup against the Etruscan king Porsena, who had besieged Rome. The painting is part of a series on famous classical battles, commissioned by …
Creator
- Abraham Schöpfer
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
- Abraham Schöpfer
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1533
- 1533
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (München 1632)
Identifier
- NM 295
- 17245
Extent
- Mått 157 x 120 cm
Format
- Oil on wood
Year
- 1533
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:47.573Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:17.817Z