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'Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris', 17th century. Artist: Eustache Le Sueur
'Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris', 17th century. The third king of the Achaemenid dynasty, Darius I (550-486 BC) ruled the Persian Empire from 522 BC until his death. Nitocris was a queen of Babylon. According to Herodotus, Darius opened her tomb expecting to find treasure, but only discovered an inscription reproaching him for his greed. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg.
Location
Hermitage/St. Petersburg/Russia
Unique Identifier
AR997942
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3089px × 4550px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
6TH CENTURY BC
Achaemenian
ACHAEMENID
ART
ARTS
BABYLON
Baroque
Baroque Era
Cloak
clothes
color
concept
country
DARIUS I
DARIUS THE GREAT
Death
Dress
Eustach Lesueur
Eustache
Eustache Le
Eustache Le Sueur
Eustache Lesueur
Fine Art Images
France
French
Funeral
Greed
HERODOTUS
HISTORICAL
History
iran
Iranian
king
La Soeur
Le Seur
Lesueur
LOCATION
Male
Man
Mausoleum
Men
MONARCH
Nitocris
oil
OPENING
Painting, Medium
People
PERSIA
royal
Royalty
RULER
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
SOVEREIGN
Sueur
TGN
Tomb