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- trothed, who places her hand on her heart
to indicate her gratitude; behind Scipio, a young woman is about to put a crown upon his head, while lictors and soldiers standing near express astonishment at his noble act. Painted in Rome about 1643 (?); belonged to M. Merville, then passed to Sir Robert Walpole, Houghton House, whence acquired by the Empress of Russia for 30,000 francs. Engraved by Francis Legat (1784); Claude Dubose.—Larousse, iv. 1086; Réveil.
By Primaticcio (?), Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 11 in. Scipio, at left, on an elevated seat, surrounded by his soldiers, shows the young Allucius his betrothed, at right, accompanied by an aged woman; two prisoners, one bearing a golden vase, are kneeling. Perhaps by Dubreuil.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, xii. PI.[**P1: or Pl? P3—Pl. for plate is more likely] 14; see Réveil, xii. 864.
Subject treated also by Sebastiano Ricci, Louvre; G. Horst, Berlin Museum; Sir Joshua Reynolds, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; François Lemoyne (1727), Nancy Museum.
Continence of Scipio, Primaticcio, Louvre.
SCIPIO, TRIUMPH OF, Mantegna, National
Gallery, London; canvas, tempera,
H. 2 ft. 4-1/2 × 8 ft. 10 in. Represents the introduction
into Rome of the worship of Cybele,
204 B.C. At left, the image of the goddess
is borne on a litter by Phrygian priests;
in front, Claudia Quinta is kneeling, and
behind her, P. Cornelius Scipio, Nasica, and
other Romans and Asiatics are standing.—Portfolio
(1874), 1; Livy, L. xxix. 10; Ovid,
Fasti, iv. 305.
SCIUTI, GIUSEPPE, born at Catania,
Sicily, contemporary. History painter, distinguished
for his characteristic and truthful
representations from history and life of
antiquity. Works: Musical Entertainment
in Ancient Rome; Burial of Timoleon
(1874); Pindar with the Olympian Gods;
Sappho deserted by Phaon; Preparations
for Greek Festival (1876).
SCOREL (Schoreel, Schoorle), JAN VAN,
born at Schoorl,
near Alkmaar,
Aug. 1, 1495,
died at Haarlem,
or at
Utrecht, Dec. 6,
1562. Dutch
school. History,
portrait, and
landscape painter,
pupil of Willem
Cornelisz in Haarlem (about 1509-12),
of Jacob Cornelisz in Amsterdam, and of
Mabuse in Utrecht; afterwards studied perspective
and architecture at Cologne, and at
Speyer with a priest, as also painting at
Strasburg, Basle, and at Nuremberg with Albrecht
Dürer, whom he left on account of the
latter's strong adherence to Luther's teachings.
He then worked in Styria and Carinthia
(1520), and from Venice went to Jerusalem,
returning whence he stopped in Rome and
was appointed overseer of the Vatican Gallery
by his countryman, Pope Adrian VI.,
after whose death he went back to Utrecht;
moved to Haarlem and taught there about
1527, but soon returned to Utrecht. From
his school issued Martin Heemskerk and
Antonis Mor. Greatly influenced by his sojourn
in Rome, he was the first Dutch painter
in the Italian style; his finest pictures