AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST
AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY SCIPIO AFRICANUS THE ELDER

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AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY SCIPIO AFRICANUS THE ELDER
On a waisted marble socle
25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) high overall

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The Roman general Scipio earned the surname Africanus after his victory at the Battle of Zama, which ended the Second Punic War in 202 BC. The present bust is probably after the Antique example in the collection of the National Museum at Naples.

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