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The Scipio Files

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Paintings that ask the questions history keeps repeating.

Sources

Museum and institutional holdings

  1. (1) Raphael. The School of Athens. 1509–1511. Fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome. Vatican Museums permanent collection. museivaticani.va
  2. (2) Trumbull, John. Declaration of Independence. 1818. Oil on canvas. Architect of the Capitol, U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington D.C. aoc.gov
  3. (3) Leutze, Emanuel. Washington Crossing the Delaware. 1851. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Accession 97.34. metmuseum.org
  4. (4) Cole, Thomas. The Course of Empire. 1833–1836. Oil on canvas, five panels. New-York Historical Society, New York. Accession 1858.1–5. nyhistory.org
  5. (5) David, Jacques-Louis. The Oath of the Horatii. 1784. Oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 3692. louvre.fr
  6. (6) Poussin, Nicolas. The Continence of Scipio. 1640. Oil on canvas. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. pushkinmuseum.art
  7. (7) Artist unknown (Neoclassical). Cincinnatus Abandons the Plough. c. 1800s. Oil on canvas. Collection unknown. Image reproduced from open public-domain sources.
  8. (8) Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi). The Calling of Saint Matthew. 1599–1600. Oil on canvas. Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. In situ.
  9. (9) David, Jacques-Louis. The Death of Socrates. 1787. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Accession 31.45. metmuseum.org
  10. (10) David, Jacques-Louis. The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons. 1789. Oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 3693. louvre.fr
  11. (11) Matejko, Jan. Stańczyk. 1862. Oil on canvas. National Museum in Warsaw. MNW catalogue MP 435. mnw.art.pl
  12. (12) After John Martin. The Fall of Babylon. c. 1840s. Engraving. Wellcome Collection, London. Reference 2007i/1032. CC BY 4.0. wellcomecollection.org
  13. (13) Martin, John. Le Pandémonium. 1841. Oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. RF 2003-9. louvre.fr