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Lathem, Lieven van (active 1454 - died 1493)

(copy after by an artist in the circle of Lathem, after the Master of Flémalle): Tomyris and Cyrus. Pen and brown ink, 10.8 x 13.8 cm. According to Herodotus, Tomyris, Queen of the Massageti (6th BCE), ambushed the Persian King Cyrus II after the defeat and death of her son Spargapises. She ordered the decapitation of Cyrus and had the head dipped into his blood. Inv. KdZ 1975 recto. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.

Location Kupferstichkabinett/Staatliche Museen/Berlin/Germany

Unique Identifier ART417990

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4102px × 2943px

Photo Credit bpk Bildagentur / (name of museum) /(name of photographer) / Art Resource, NY

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