LSE4314809 Scipio\'s continence. In 209 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipion, known as Scipio L\'Africain (235-183 BC) seized the powerful Carthage (Tunisia), As tradition dictates, prisoners are offered to him as slaves. Magnanimous, he refuses a young girl of a rare beauty that he returns to her fiance. Painting by Cornelis de Vos (1585-1651), oil on canvas, circa 1630. Flemish art, 17th century, Baroque art. Musee des Beaux Arts de Nancy. by Vos, Cornelis de (1585-1651); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France; (add.info.: Scipio\'s continence. In 209 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipion, known as Scipio L\'Africain (235-183 BC) seized the powerful Carthage (Tunisia), As tradition dictates, prisoners are offered to him as slaves. Magnanimous, he refuses a young girl of a rare beauty that he returns to her fiance. Painting by Cornelis de Vos (1585-1651), oil on canvas, circa 1630. Flemish art, 17th century, Baroque art. Musee des Beaux Arts de Nancy.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.