Mucius Scaevola Putting His Hand into the Brazier

Artist Georg Pencz (German, 1500 - 1550)

Place of ManufactureEurope

Mediumengraving Medium Remarks: black ink

DimensionsOverall (support, trimmed withing platemark): 11.5 x 7.7 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineDr. Gustav and Marie Schilder Collection

Object number1981.001.001

DescriptionGaius Mucius (Scaevola means left-handed) intended to kill Lars Porsenna who had put Rome under seige, but killed the wrong man; arrested, he bravely admitted that he was just doing what any Roman would do to save his city-state & to show his resolution & indifference to physical suffering, he thrust his right hand into a flame burnign on an altar next to where he was standing

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