The queen standing on a dais underneath a canopy at right, followed by servants and her train supported by two boys, while looking down at Cyrus' head, which is being dipped into a vessel with blood at centre, soldiers and wise men onlooking at left, a dog in lower left, twisted columns in background.
The Head of Cyrus brought to Queen Tomyris
Artist
Paulus Pontius (I)
(engraver)
Peter Paul Rubens
(designer)
Production date
1630
Collection
Object number
PK.OP.20076
Dimensions
606 mm x 418 mm
CC BY (Creative Commons 4.0)
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