BAL15551 Manius Curius Dentatus and the Samnite Ambassadors by Steen, Jan Havicksz. (1625/26-79); Johnny van Haeften Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: plebeian hero of ancient Rome, notable for ending the Samnite War; according to Pliny he was born with teeth, thus the cognomen Dentatus; he refused gifts of Samnite ambassadors saying that he preferred ruling the possessors of gold over possessing it himself;); Dutch, out of copyright.