Landscape with tomyris, the queen of the massageten, who, with her army, killed the persian general cyrus during a battle. In her hand the bag of blood into which she has thrown his head. In the margin a two-line caption from the book of herodotus in latin and in dutch. Print 10 out of 10 used as illustration in: tyrannorum praemia. Den loon der tyrannen, published in antwerp by willem van haecht who also composed the text. Engraved by hieronymus wierix after design by maarten van cleve. Date: 1578. Dimensions: height: 134 mm (5.27 in); width: 100 mm (3.93 in). Medium: engraving. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Hieronymus Wierix, Crispijn van den Broeck (After) - Tomyris
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