Scipio Africanus
Title
Scipio Africanus
Creator
Francesco di Giorgio Martini?
Publisher
Piccolomini family
Date
c.1493–94
Contributor
Dr. Adam Rudolphi
Rights
Florence: Museo Nazionale del Bargello
Format
painting
Language
On the framed placard attached to the front of the pedestal beneath the figure:
VICTA MIHI CARTHAGO NOVA EST VLTVRA PVELLAM
CVI PIEREM VICTVS PREDA SVPERBA DEDIT
SED QVI BELLO HOSTES MEMET RATIONES VBEGI
VT VIDEAR AIRRITVS FINA TROPHABAS SIMVI
VICTA MIHI CARTHAGO NOVA EST VLTVRA PVELLAM
CVI PIEREM VICTVS PREDA SVPERBA DEDIT
SED QVI BELLO HOSTES MEMET RATIONES VBEGI
VT VIDEAR AIRRITVS FINA TROPHABAS SIMVI
Type
Still Image
Original Format
tempera on panel
Physical Dimensions
104.6 x 51 cm
Files
Citation
Francesco di Giorgio Martini?, “Scipio Africanus,” Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Early Modern Italian Art, accessed February 22, 2025, http://othersinearlymodernitaly.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/310.