Mucius Scaevola in the presence of Lars Porsenna

Shown in 3 exhibitions

• Darkness and Light: Caravaggio & his world, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Nov 2003–22 Feb 2004

  Darkness and Light: Caravaggio & his world, NGV: International, Melbourne, 11 Mar 2004–30 May 2004

• European Old Masters 16th-19th Century from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 28 Sep 2017–03 Dec 2017

• Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023

Referenced in 27 publications

• Vincente Abbate, L’Ultimo Caravaggio : e la cultura artistica a Napoli in Sicilia e a Malta, ‘Per il collezionismo siciliano del Seicento: la quadreria mazzarinese dell’Ecc.mo Signor Principe di Butera’, Apr 1985. Papers presented at the international symposium organized by Centro Internazionale di Studi sul Barocco in Sicilia, held Apr 1985, in Syracuse

• Vincenzo Abbate, Ricerche sul ‘600 napoletano, 'Il “repertorio” dei beni mobili del signor Principe di Butera', Milan, 1986, pp 33–44: p 35, illus p 44, fig 3.

• Vincenzo Abbate, Pittori del Seicento a Palazzo Abatellis, 'Quadrerie e collezionisti palermitani del Seicento', Milan, 1990, pp 13–57: pp 31, 55 note 59, illus p 33, fig.15.

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, p 8, col illus p 8.

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1995, Sydney, 1995, pp 28–29. Conservation treatment.

• Richard Beresford, Darkness & light: Caravaggio & his world, Sydney, 2004, p 190, col illus p 191.

• Edgar Peters Bowron and Mary G. Morton, Masterworks of European Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 'Matthias Stomer: The Judgement of Solomon', New Jersey, 2000, pp 66–69: p 68, illus p 68. AGNSW work illustrated in reference to 'The Judgement of Solomon' in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

• Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Jan Meek (Editors), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, p 23.

• Edmund Capon, Great philanthropists on trial : the art of the bequest, ‘The James Fairfax collection’, Melbourne, 2006, pp 126–35: p 134.

• Giuseppe Consoli, Messina: Museo regionale, Bologna, 1980, p 52.

• Patricia Crawford, History and legend in some selected paintings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1980, p 9, illus p 9.

• Elvira D'Amico (Curator), La pittura nel nisseno, dal XVI al XVIII secolo, Sicily, 2001, pp 158–59, no 22, col illus pp 158 (detail), 159.

• Giulia Davì, Caravaggio in Sicilia, Palermo, 1984, pp 238, 246.

• Franziska Fischbauer, Matthias Stomer: Die sizilianischen Nachtstücke, Frankfurt am Main, 1993, pp 68–72, 130, illus p 154, pl 7.

• Renée Free, Art and Australia, vol 10, no 1, Art Gallery of New South Wales special number, 'European collection', Sydney, Jul 1972, pp 63–75: p 63, col illus p 70.

• Michael Hill, Look, 'Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: exploring the popularity of a singluar artist', Sydney, Oct 2003, pp 24–27: col illus p 27.

• Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Western Collection: Paintings and Sculpture', Sydney, 1999, pp 17–77: p 28, col illus p 28.

• Clem Lloyd and Peter Sekuless, Australia's national collections, Sydney, 1980, p 253, illus p 253.

• Norbert Middlekoop, The golden age of Dutch art: seventeenth century paintings from the Rijksmuseum and Australian collections, 'Art and Reality', Perth, 1997, pp 9–25: p 12, illus p 12, fig 8.

• Benedict Nicolson, The internationale Caravagessque movement, Oxford, 1979, p 92, illus fig 163 np.

• J L Schrader, Museum of Fine Arts Houston Bulletin, 'New acquisitions, a Caravaggesque judgement of Solomon', Houston, Sep 1970, pp 54–55: p 55. AGNSW work mentioned in reference to 'The Judgement of Solomon' in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

• Peter Tomory and Robert Gaston, European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1989, p 132, no 405, illus p 132.

• A Zalapì, Porto di mare: 1570-1670: pittori e pittura a Palermo tra memoria e recupero, ‘Il soggiorno siciliano di Matthis Stom tra neostoicismo e “dissenso”: nuove acquisizioni documentarie sull’ambiente artistico straniero a Palermo’, Palermo, 1999, pp 147–57: p 154, illus p 152.

• Editor Unknown (Editor), The Burlington Magazine, vol 119, no 889, 'Stomer brought u, p-, Apr 1977, pp 230-44: pp 239, 242.

• Report of the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: report covering the period January-December 1970, Sydney, 1971, p 5.

• Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1970, pp 6204 (27 Feb), 7281 (24 Apr), 7323 (24 July).

• Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Newsletter 7, Sydney, Dec 2005, np.

The provenance of this work is under review and records will be updated as new details become available. The Gallery welcomes any information. Contact provenance@ag.nsw.gov.au