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Description: | This painting, attributed to the Flemish artist Nicolas Regnier, represents an episode in the story of Sophonisba as told by the Roman historian Livy. Fearful that her influence on her husband would jeopardise his support for Rome, General Scipio sent Sophonisba a letter together with some poison. Regnier depicts the moment after Sophonisba has taken the poison. The artist's daughters regularly modelled for their father and may have posed for the figures of the tragic heroine and her maidservants. The figure of the old attendant with her wrinkled face echoes the influence of Caravaggio, whose work Regnier saw in Rome. | Subjects: | 30:12-15); still life; interior figure; landscape; literature (Livy History of Rome | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Regnier, Nicolas (Flemish painter, ca.1590-1667) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Domenichino (Italian painter and draftsman, 1581-1641) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8549... | Go to resource |
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