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 *trothed, who places her hand on her heart to indicate her gratitude; behind Scipio, a young woman is about to put a crown upon his head, while lictors and soldiers standing near express astonishment at his noble act. Painted in Rome about 1643 (?); belonged to M. Merville, then passed to Sir Robert Walpole, Houghton House, whence acquired by the Empress of Russia for 30,000 francs. Engraved by Francis Legat (1784); Claude Dubose.—Larousse, iv. 1086; Réveil.

By Primaticcio (?), Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 11 in. Scipio, at left, on an elevated seat, surrounded by his soldiers, shows the young Allucius his betrothed, at right, accompanied by an aged woman; two prisoners, one bearing a golden vase, are kneeling. Perhaps by Dubreuil.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, xii. PI.[**P1: or Pl? P3—Pl. for plate is more likely] 14; see Réveil, xii. 864.

Subject treated also by Sebastiano Ricci, Louvre; G. Horst, Berlin Museum; Sir Joshua Reynolds, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; François Lemoyne (1727), Nancy Museum.

Continence of Scipio, Primaticcio, Louvre.

SCIPIO, TRIUMPH OF, Mantegna, National Gallery, London; canvas, tempera, H. 2 ft. 4-1/2 × 8 ft. 10 in. Represents the introduction into Rome of the worship of Cybele, 204 B.C. At left, the image of the goddess is borne on a litter by Phrygian priests; in front, Claudia Quinta is kneeling, and behind her, P. Cornelius Scipio, Nasica, and other Romans and Asiatics are standing.—Portfolio (1874), 1; Livy, L. xxix. 10; Ovid, Fasti, iv. 305.

SCIUTI, GIUSEPPE, born at Catania, Sicily, contemporary. History painter, distinguished for his characteristic and truthful representations from history and life of antiquity. Works: Musical Entertainment in Ancient Rome; Burial of Timoleon (1874); Pindar with the Olympian Gods; Sappho deserted by Phaon; Preparations for Greek Festival (1876).

SCOREL (Schoreel, Schoorle), JAN VAN, born at Schoorl, near Alkmaar, Aug. 1, 1495, died at Haarlem, or at Utrecht, Dec. 6, 1562. Dutch school. History, portrait, and landscape painter, pupil of Willem Cornelisz in Haarlem (about 1509-12), of Jacob Cornelisz in Amsterdam, and of Mabuse in Utrecht; afterwards studied perspective and architecture at Cologne, and at Speyer with a priest, as also painting at Strasburg, Basle, and at Nuremberg with Albrecht Dürer, whom he left on account of the latter's strong adherence to Luther's teachings. He then worked in Styria and Carinthia (1520), and from Venice went to Jerusalem, returning whence he stopped in Rome and was appointed overseer of the Vatican Gallery by his countryman, Pope Adrian VI., after whose death he went back to Utrecht; moved to Haarlem and taught there about 1527, but soon returned to Utrecht. From his school issued Martin Heemskerk and Antonis Mor. Greatly influenced by his sojourn in Rome, he was the first Dutch painter in the Italian style; his finest pictures