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Fireback Tile Picture with Scipio
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Fireback Tile Picture with Scipio

anonymous · c. 1615 - c. 1640 · maiolica; earthenware; tin glaze

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The Roman General Scipio defeated Hannibal (opposite wall) and the Carthaginian Army during the Second Punic War. The tile tableaux with the two army leaders adorned the inside of a chimney, on either side of the flue. Painted on a white, reflective surface, the large figures will have appeared very lifelike in the dim hearth light.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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tile tableautile
Credit lineFireback Tile Picture with Scipio. c. 1615 - c. 1640. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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