# The Continence of Scipio

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MANDER, Karel van, the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper, 44 x 79 cm

## Commentary

When conquering Carthage, the Roman general Scipio had captured a young girl. Instead of keeping her for himself, Scipio displayed magnanimity by returning her to her fiancé and declaring that the ransom money should be her dowry. Karel van Mander painted this work on copper, on a white ground, which gives the colours great intensity. The reverse side of the copper is also decorated with an Allegory of Nature.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Nature](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/allegory-of-nature-r9d0469babe3242>)
- [Annunciation \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/annunciation-recto-r2390ed36a14e39>)
- [Fugitives \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/fugitives-recto-r5ed9023888237b>)
- [Garden of Love](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/garden-of-love-rd2c78e55a300cb>)
- [Landscape with Snow and the Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/landscape-with-snow-and-the-crucifixion-re76e0f521d2496>)
- [Oriane Endavours to Perform Feats of Magic in the Garden of Apolidon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/oriane-endavours-to-perform-feats-of-magic-in-the-garden-of-apolidon-rccab5c174a2b12>)
- [The Rape of Europa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mander-karel-van-the-elder-r2f5e134e2314b7/the-rape-of-europa-rcc031ecb669ce8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)