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The Continence of Scipio, c1751. The Roman general Scipio had been promised a beautiful young girl in return for conquering a city. But he returned the young woman to her betrothed and gave them the ransom he had been offered for the wedding. Scipio is half turned away from the viewer, with a red cloak over his shoulders and the general's staff in his right hand. Before him stand the young bride in her finery and the bridegroom, who is putting a ring on her finger.