About the Artwork
Scipion Rewarding His Soldiers and Reviewing the Prisoners of War Taken at Carthage
between 1674 and 1749
After Giulio Romano (Artist) Italian, 1499-1546 Nicolas Henri Tardieu (Artist) French, 1674-1749
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 17 × 27 5/8 inches (43.2 × 70.2 cm) Sheet: 21 3/4 × 31 inches (55.2 × 78.7 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
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09.1S1140.2
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate below the top image, lower center: Scipion recompensant ses Soldats et reconnoissant les prisonniers de guerre faits a Carthagene | D'apres le Tableau de Jules Romain, qui est dans le Cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans. | Peint sur bois, haut de 12 pouces et demi, large de 4 pieds 7 pouces, grave par Nicolas Tardieu. Inscribed, below the bottom image, lower center: La Continence de Scipion. | D'apres le Tableau de Jules Romain, qui est dans le Cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleana | Peint sur bois, haut de 12 pouces et demi, large de 4 pieds 7 pouces, grave par Nicolas Tardieu. Inscribed, below the upper image, lower right: 56. Inscribed, below the lower image, lower right: 57. Inscribed, in black ink, lower left of the sheet: No 1140. Four subjects of Roman History in the form of Friezes (56) (57) - By - Nicholas Henry Tardieu.
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1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Nicolas Henri Tardieu; after Giulio Romano, Scipion Rewarding His Soldiers and Reviewing the Prisoners of War Taken at Carthage, between 1674 and 1749, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, 09.1S1140.2.
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