Thomyris Causing the Head of Cyrus to be Immersed in Blood

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G3098
People: Paulus Pontius, Flemish (Antwerp 1603 - 1658 Antwerp)
After Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title: Thomyris Causing the Head of Cyrus to be Immersed in Blood
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1630
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/279598

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

design: 38.9 x 58.3 cm (15 5/16 x 22 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Paulus Pontius Sculpsit
legend: lower plate margin, printer's ink, engraving, Latin: SATIA TE SANGVINE QVEM SEMPER SITISTI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii
Standard Reference Number: Hollstein 40; LeBlanc 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G3098
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 10/07/2011 - 11/05/2011

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G3098: Thomyris Causing the Head of Cyrus to be Immersed in Blood