Lot n° 141
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SIENNOISE SCHOOL c. 1600 After Domenico Beccafumi (Valdibien - Lot 141
SIENNOISE SCHOOL c. 1600 After Domenico Beccafumi (Valdibiena c. 1486-Siena 1551) The Sacrifice of Seleucus of Locride Oil on canvas (Re-tooled; some lifting and gaps at top left; some restorations, especially around the edges). H. 132.5 L. 195 cm Repeat of the composition frescoed by Domenico Beccafumi under the vault of the Consistory of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena (1529 - 1535). The theme belongs to a cycle of eight stories illustrating, under the influence of Machiavelli, the civic virtues of the Roman Republic, and the ability of its rulers to punish transgressions of the law by close friends and colleagues (Cf. Pascale Dubus, Domenico Beccafumi, Fig. 73, p.120 Paris 2000). Seleucus, prince of Locride, author of a law condemning citizens guilty of adultery to blindness, had one of his daughter's eyes plucked out, after having had the same punishment inflicted on him, to enable him, at the request of his fellow citizens, to keep the other. (See Domenico Beccafumi and Il suo Tempo exhibition catalog; Antonio Pinelli, Il "picciol vetro" e il "maggior vaso" pp. 626 & 627 Electa 1990).
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