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Men and women line up to either side of a man seated on a throne in this long, horizontal painting. The people are painted in shades of white and gray so they resemble marble statues against a background streaked with rust red and gray, resembling marble. About a third of the way into the composition from the left, the throne is atop a three-stepped platform. A cleanshaven man sits on the throne facing our right in profile. He has short, curly hair and wears a toga under a breastplate. He lifts one hand, the forefinger slightly extended, and his lips are parted. The side of the throne we see…

An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio

Giovanni Bellini (Venetian, c. 1430/1435 - 1516)

after 1506 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Samuel H. Kress Collection

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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