
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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The subject of The Continence of Scipio was painted by Theodore Boyermans in a canvas, 188 x 265 cm., which is signed and dated 1673, at Schloss Rheinsberg, Rheinsberg (cat.nr GK 17586). The subject shows the example of mercy recounted by Livy whereby the Roman general, Scipio Africanus, returns a young ransomed female figure to her fiancé, Allucius.