Mucius Scaevola Murders Porsenna's Secretary and Puts His Right Hand in the Fire, ca. 1480

Title

Mucius Scaevola Murders Porsenna's Secretary and Puts His Right Hand in the Fire

Painter

• Florentine Master ca. 1480

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1890

Genre

• historical narration
• portrayal of a historical event
• city view

Main Motif

• Mucius Scaevola
• Lars Porsena (King of Clusium)
• horseman
• force
• Rome
• Baths of Diocletian (Rome)
• Lateran (Rome)
• Colosseum (Rome)
• Arch of Constantine (Rome)
• Pantheon (Rome)
• Ponte Sisto (Rome)
• Sant'Agostino (Rome)
• Torre delle Milizie (Rome)
• Trajan's Column (Rome)
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Gaius Mucius Cordus Scaevola
• Porsena (king of Clusium)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Fra Filippo Lippi

Illustrated Passage

• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 2,12

Associated Source

• Francesco Petrarca: Trionfi

Primary

• 98B(SCAEVOLA, C.M.)61 Gaius Mucius Scaevola before Porsena: he thrusts his right hand into the flames (the body of the king's secretary who erroneously had been killed instead of Porsena may be seen lying on the ground)

Secondary

• 45C41 (military) camp with tents
• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(ROMA) names of cities and villages (ROMA)
• 61F(DIOKLETIANSTHERMEN (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (DIOKLETIANSTHERMEN (Rom))
• 61F(LATERAN (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (LATERAN (Rom))
• 61F(COLOSSEO (Roma)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (COLOSSEO (Roma))
• 61F(ARCO DI COSTANTINO (Roma)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (ARCO DI COSTANTINO (Roma))
• 61F(PANTHEON (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PANTHEON (Rom))
• 61F(PONTE SISTO (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PONTE SISTO (Rom))
• 61F(SANT'AGOSTINO (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SANT'AGOSTINO (Rom))
• 61F(TORRE DELLE MILIZIE (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (TORRE DELLE MILIZIE (Rom))
• 61F(TRAJANSSÄULE (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (TRAJANSSÄULE (Rom))
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 46C112 bridge
• 25H213 river
• 61D(TEVERE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (TEVERE) (TEVERE)
• 25H114 low hill country