The Trial of Mucius Scaevola

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The Trial of Mucius Scaevola

1727-1728

Vittorio Maria Bigari (Italian, 1692–1776)

Bigari collaborated on many fresco decorations in towns around Bologna. This study for a wall painting in the main salon of a palace in Faenza, near Bologna, shows a scene from Livy's Early History of Rome in which a young Roman aristocrat, Mucius Scaevola, confronts the invading Etruscans and thrusts his right hand into the fire to demonstrate his fearlessness.

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Object Details

Title:

The Trial of Mucius Scaevola

Date:

1727-1728

Artist:

Vittorio Maria Bigari (Italian, 1692–1776)

Medium:

Brush and brown wash, beige and green opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on laid paper toned with brown wash

Dimensions:

Sheet: 16 9/16 x 23 5/16 inches (42.1 x 59.2 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Alice Newton Osborn Fund, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-10-1

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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