Scipio returns the fair maiden, offered to him as a reward for the conquest of New Carthage, to her bridegroom-to-be and her mother. The ransom, offered by the bride's parents, Scipio returns as a wedding gift. Presentation above one of the doors of the Council Chamber of the Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland in the Binnenhof at The Hague, Nobility of Scipio Tafereelen, in the Council Chamber of the Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland, and West Friesland , print maker: Pieter Tanjé, after: Gerard de Lairesse, intermediary draughtsman: Nicolaas Verkolje, Amsterdam, 1737

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