Scipio Africanus
This panel was part of the intarsia bench made for the council chamber of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena and placed under Simone Martini's (1284-1344) fresco the Maestà. The bench incorporated several panels with figures from Roman Republican history, all models of civic virtue, such as the illustrious general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (237-183 B.C.).
Artwork Details
- Title: Scipio Africanus
- Artist: Mattia di Nanni di Stefano (1403–1433)
- Date: ca. 1425–30
- Culture: Italian, Siena
- Medium: Poplar, bog oak and other wood inlay, rosewood, tin, bone, traces of green coloring
- Dimensions: 24-3/16 x 17-1/8 in. (61.5 x 43.3 cm.)
- Classification: Woodwork
- Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Moore, by exchange and Bequest of George Blumenthal, by exchange, 1997
- Object Number: 1997.26
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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