Scipio Africanus, Mattia di Nanni di Stefano, ca. 1425–30
Scipio Africanus, ca. 1425–30, Italian, Siena, Poplar, bog oak and other wood inlay, rosewood, tin, bone, traces of green coloring, 24-3/16 x 17-1/8 in. ( x cm.), Woodwork, Mattia di Nanni di Stefano (1403–1433), This panel was part of the intarsia bench made for the council chamber of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena and placed under Simone Martini's (1284-1344) fresco the Maestà. The bench incorporated several panels with figures from Roman Republican history, all models of civic virtue, such as the illustrious general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (237-183 B
Size: 3338px × 4385px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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