The Head of Cyrus brought to Queen Tomyris
Artist
Paulus Pontius (I)

(engraver)

Peter Paul Rubens

(designer)

Production date
1630
Object number
PK.OP.20076
Dimensions
606 mm x 418 mm

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.

CC BY (Creative Commons 4.0)

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