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SCIPIO 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 ; Reveil. By Primaticcio (?), Louvre ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 11 in. Scipio, at left, on an Continence of Scipio, Primaticcio, Louvre. 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, Musue, xii. PI. 14 ; see Reveil, xii. 864. Subject treated also by Sebastiano Ricci, Louvre ; G. Horst, Berlin Museum ; Sir Joshua Reynolds, Hermitage, St. Peters- burg; Franyois Lemoyne (1727), Nancy Museum. SCIPIO, TRIUMPH OF, Mantegna, Na- tional Gallery, London ; canvas, tempera, H. 2 ft. 4i x 8 ft. 10 in. Represents the in- troduction into Rome of the worship of Cyb- ele, 204 ac. At left, the image of the god- dess 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, dis- tinguished for his characteristic and truth- ful representations from history and life of antiquity. Works : Musical Entertainment in Ancient Rome ; Burial of Tirnoleoii (1874); Pindar with the Olympian Gods; Sappho deserted by Phaou; Preparations for Greek Festival (1876). SCOREL (Schoreel, Schoorle), JAN VAN, born at Schoorl, near Alkmaar, Aug. 1, 1495, died at Haar- 1 e m , or at Utrecht, Dec. 6, 1562. Dutch school. Histo- ry, portrait, and landscape paint- er, pupil of Wil- lem Cornelisz in Haarlem (about 1509-12), of Jacob Cornelisz in Amsterdam, and of Mabuse in Utrecht ; afterwards studied per- spective and architecture at Cologne, and at Speyer with a priest, as also painting at Strasburg, Basle, and at Nuremberg with Al- brecht Dilrer, whom he left on account of the latter's strong adherence to Luther's teach- ings. He then worked inStyriaaudCarinthia (1520), and from Venice went to Jerusalem, returning whence he stopped in Rome and was appointed overseer of the Vatican Gal- lery 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 so- journ in Rome, he was the first Dutch paint- er in the Italian style ; his finest pictures 159