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Tomyris and Cyrus. Oil on canvas, 176 x 176 cm. Earliest known copy after an original by the Master of Flémalle (formerly considered identical with Robert Campin). 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. 537 B. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.

Location Gemäldegalerie/Staatliche Museen/Berlin/Germany

Unique Identifier ART417991

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2449px × 2600px

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

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