COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1954.2.b
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CMA_.1954.2.b
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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Drawings and Watercolors
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Rubens, Peter Paul
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Rubens, Peter Paul
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; Flemish
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European; Flemish
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
false
Creator Dates/Places:
1577 - 1640
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1577 - 1640
Creator Dates/Places
false
Gender:
M
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M
Gender
false
Creator Birth Place:
Seigen, Westphalia
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Seigen, Westphalia
Creator Birth Place
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Creator Death Place:
Antwerp
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Antwerp
Creator Death Place
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Creator Name-CRT:
Peter Paul Rubens
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Peter Paul Rubens
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus
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Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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Title:
Tomyris and Cyrus
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Tomyris and Cyrus
Title
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Title Type:
Exhibition
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Exhibition
Title Type
false
Title:
Tomyris met het Hoofd van Cyrus
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Tomyris met het Hoofd van Cyrus
Title
false
Title Type:
Foreign
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Foreign
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
c. 1633/38
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c. 1633/38
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1633
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1633
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1638
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1638
Creation End Date
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Creation Date:
c. 1637-1638
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c. 1637-1638
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1637
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1637
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1638
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1638
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
pen and brown ink, with black and red chalk
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pen and brown ink, with black and red chalk
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Drawing
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Drawing
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27.2cm x 47.2cm, Secondary Support: 27.6cm x 47.3cm
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Sheet: 27.2cm x 47.2cm, Secondary Support: 27.6cm x 47.3cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1954.2.b
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1954.2.b
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
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Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
by artist, center, in brown ink: plus spatij
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by artist, center, in brown ink: plus spatij
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Provenance:
unidentified collector, possibly Viennese (Lugt 622, verso, lower right, in black ink). [Herbert N. Bier].
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unidentified collector, possibly Viennese (Lugt 622, verso, lower right, in black ink). [Herbert N. Bier].
Provenance
false
Context:
This subject is oddly related to that seen on the other side of the sheet: both feature a severed head, the result of an act of revenge carried out by a powerful woman. The story of Queen Tomyris is a rare one in northern European art. Tomyris ruled a central Asian tribe, and her son died while held captiveby Cyrus, the king of Persia. Years later, Tomyris avenged her son's death when her armies defeated the Persians in battle and she found Cyrus's body and cut off the head. Rubens probably took the story from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (about 484-425 bc).
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This subject is oddly related to that seen on the other side of the sheet: both feature a severed head, the result of an act of revenge carried out by a powerful woman. The story of Queen Tomyris is a rare one in northern European art. Tomyris ruled a central Asian tribe, and her son died while held captiveby Cyrus, the king of Persia. Years later, Tomyris avenged her son's death when her armies defeated the Persians in battle and she found Cyrus's body and cut off the head. Rubens probably took the story from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (about 484-425 bc).
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1954.2.b.tif
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CMA_.1954.2.b.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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