Allucius
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Allucius was a prince of the Celtiberi
people of northern Europe around the 3rd century BC. The story told of him by Livy
and other writers was that he was betrothed to a beautiful virgin who was taken prisoner by Scipio Africanus
in Spain in 209 BC
. The woman's fiance, who soon married her, naturally brought over his tribe to support the Roman armies. Scipio returned her to Allucius, and refused the presents her parents offered him.
This episode was a popular motif for exemplary literature and art during the Renaissance
up through the 19th century. Numerous versions of The Continence of Scipio were created, depicting the mercy and sexual restraint of Scipio while he had Allucius's fiancee in his power, by artists such as Andrea Mantegna
, Nicholas Poussin, Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
, Frans Floris
, Baciccio, and Karel van Mander.
Celtiberians
The Celtiberians were Celtic-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BC. The group used the Celtic Celtiberian language.Archaeologically, the Celtiberians participated in the Hallstatt culture in what is now north-central Spain...
people of northern Europe around the 3rd century BC. The story told of him by Livy
Livy
Titus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
and other writers was that he was betrothed to a beautiful virgin who was taken prisoner by Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , also known as Scipio Africanus and Scipio the Elder, was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic...
in Spain in 209 BC
209 BC
Year 209 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Verrucosus and Flaccus...
. The woman's fiance, who soon married her, naturally brought over his tribe to support the Roman armies. Scipio returned her to Allucius, and refused the presents her parents offered him.
This episode was a popular motif for exemplary literature and art during the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
up through the 19th century. Numerous versions of The Continence of Scipio were created, depicting the mercy and sexual restraint of Scipio while he had Allucius's fiancee in his power, by artists such as Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son in law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality...
, Nicholas Poussin, Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini was a widely-travelled Rococo decorative painter from Venice, where he was born and died...
, Frans Floris
Frans Floris
Frans Floris, or more correctly Frans de Vriendt, called Floris was a Flemish painter. He was a member of a large family trained to the study of art in Flanders.-Biography:...
, Baciccio, and Karel van Mander.
Versions
- The Continence of Scipio by Nicolò dell'Abbate (1555), LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
- The Continence of Scipio by Joseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie Vien , French painter, was born at Montpellier. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791....
, Musée Granet (with another version in the royal house of Warsaw) - The Continence of Scipio by François LemoyneFrançois LemoyneFrançois Lemoyne or François Le Moine was a French rococo painter.He was born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome...
(1726) , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy - The Continence of Scipio by Pompeo BatoniPompeo BatoniPompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter whose style incorporated elements of the French Rococo, Bolognese classicism, and nascent Neoclassicism.-Biography:He was born in Lucca, the son of a goldsmith, Paolino Batoni...
(1771 or 1772), Hermitage MuseumHermitage MuseumThe State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums of the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been opened to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display,... - Scipio receives Allucius, by Victor Honoré JanssensVictor Honoré JanssensVictor Honorius Janssens was a Flemish painter.Janssens was born in Brussels. After seven years in the studio of an obscure painter named Volders, he spent four years in the household of the duke of Holstein...
, LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement... - The Continence of Scipio by Paul ChenavardPaul ChenavardPaul-Marc-Joseph Chenavard was a French painter.- Life:Entering the École des beaux-arts en 1825, he studied in the studio of Ingres alongside his friend Joseph Guichard, then in the studios of Hersent and Delacroix....
(1848), Musée des Beaux-Arts, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais.... - The Continence of Scipio by Jean-Germain Drouais (1784), Musée des Beaux-Arts, RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
- The Continence of Scipio by Gerbrand van den EeckhoutGerbrand van den EeckhoutGerbrand van den Eeckhout , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and a favourite student of Rembrandt. He was also an etcher, an amateur poet, a collector and an adviser on art.-Biography:...
(1669), Musée des Beaux-Arts, LilleLilleLille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium... - The Continence of Scipio by Pietro Francesco Guala (1750), Musée départemental de l'Oise, BeauvaisBeauvaisBeauvais is a city approximately by highway north of central Paris, in the northern French region of Picardie. It currently has a population of over 60,000 inhabitants.- History :...
- The Continence of Scipio, by Lambert LombardLambert LombardLambert Lombard was a Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. During his career he worked for Jan Gossaert in Middelburg and trained Frans Floris. In 1532 he became court painter and architect in Liège...
(1547), Musée des Beaux-Arts, RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:... - The Continence of Scipio by Nicolaes Cornelisz Moeyaert (17th century), Musée des Beaux-Arts de CaenMusée des Beaux-Arts de CaenThe Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is a fine arts museum in the French city of Caen, founded at the start of the 19th century and rebuilt in 1971 within the ducal château.-Opening :...
- The Continence of Scipio by Giambattista PittoniGiambattista PittoniGiambattista Pittoni was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice....
(1733), LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement... - The Continence of Scipio, by Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
(1645), LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement... - The Continence of Scipio by Pieter Josef Verhaghen (1781), Musée des Beaux-Arts, ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
- The Continence of Scipio by Sebastiano RicciSebastiano RicciSebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...
(1706), Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of ChicagoThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either... - The Clemency of Scipio by Michele RoccaMichele RoccaMichele Rocca was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Parma and practised in Rome, and died some time after 1751. He was also called also Parmigiano the younger or Michele da Parma. He worked in the manner of Pietro da Cortona.-References:...
(1720), LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement... - The Clemency of Scipio by Giulio RomanoGiulio RomanoGiulio Romano was an Italian painter and architect. A pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism...
(1688), LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...