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Artist: Abraham Schöpfer
Title: Mucius Scaevola before King Porsenna
Object type: Painting
Description: This almost impossibly detailed picture is meticulously painted. And magnificent. The actual subject of the painting is in the foreground: the Roman nobleman Gaius Mucius has thrust his hand into a burning fire to avoid divulging the participants in a failed coup against the Etruscan king Porsena, who had besieged Rome. The painting is part of a series on famous classical battles, commissioned by William IV of Bavaria. Several of these works were taken as war bounty by Swedish troops in Munich in 1632.
Date: 1533
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: Height: 157 cm (61.8 in). Width: 120 cm (47.2 in).
Framed: Height: 176 cm (69.3 in). Width: 138 cm (54.3 in). Depth: 9 cm (3.5 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: AbrahamSchöpferPict.Monacen F MDXXXIII ; A.S.
SKU: 274135
