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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.C.).
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Title: Scipio Africanus
Artist:
Mattia di Nanni di Stefano (1403–1433)
Date: ca. 1425–30
Culture: Italian, Siena
Medium: Poplar, bog oak and other wood inlay, rosewood, tin, bone, traces of green coloring
Dimensions: 24-3/16 x 17-1/8 in. (61.5 x 43.3 cm.)
Classification: Woodwork
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Moore, by exchange and Bequest of George Blumenthal, by exchange, 1997
Object Number: 1997.26
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