File:Preti, Mattia - Queen Tomyris Receiving the Head of Cyrus, King of Persia - 1670-72.jpg
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[edit]Mattia Preti: English: Queen Tomyris Receiving the Head of Cyrus, King of Persia ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q468632 |
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Title |
English: Queen Tomyris Receiving the Head of Cyrus, King of Persia |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Date |
between 1670 and 1672 date QS:P571,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 181 cm (71.2 in); width: 129 cm (50.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,181U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,129U174728 |
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Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,Q768717 |
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Notes | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/p/preti/tomyris.html" |
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JPEG file comment | PRETI, Mattia
(b. 1613, Taverna Calabria, d. 1699, La Valleta) Queen Tomyris Receiving the Head of Cyrus, King of Persia 1670-72 Oil on canvas, 181 x 129 cm Private collection Tomyris was the queen of nomadic people Massagetae in central Asia in ancient times. According to Herodotus (1:214), Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian empire, met his death in battle against her. The painting depicts Tomyris submerging the severed head of Cyrus, King of Persia, in a basin of human blood, having repulsed his invasion of her lands in a violent battle in 530 B.C.
Author: PRETI, Mattia Title: Queen Tomyris Receiving the Head of Cyrus, King of Persia Time-line: 1651-1700 School: Italian Form: painting Type: historical |
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- Paintings by Mattia Preti
- Paintings in unidentified private collections
- Queen Tomyris with the head of Cyrus
- Paintings of severed heads
- People reaching objects
- 1670s paintings in private collections
- Oil paintings of people
- Feathered headdresses in art (female)
- 17th-century oil on canvas paintings
- Females with crowns in art
- Female humans with long hair in art