Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Leaving his Plough

Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Leaving his Plough

RP-T-1937-72(R)

In this scene, a senator is prevailing upon the Roman general Cincinnatus to leave his ox plough and come to the rescue of Rome, which was engaged in a disastrous war. According to the Roman historian Livy, Cincinnatus – the paragon of a virtuous leader – relinquished his newly acquired power immediately after the Roman victory in order to return to his farm.

draughtsman: Nicolaes Moeyaert

1628 - 1632

zwart krijt

height 142 mm x width 212 mm

purchase 1937

Public domain

…; sale, A.W.M. Mensing (1866-1936, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 27 April 1937 sqq., no. 869, fl. 210, with 44 other drawings, to the museum

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