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Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Leaving his Plough
Creator
Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaertpainter from the Northern Netherlands (c.1592-1655) · 1592–1655
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- 1628 - 1632
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
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.
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