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Head of Cyrus Brought to Queen Tomyris

Paul (Paulus) Pontius (Netherlandish, 1603–1658)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
1630

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 40.3 x 58.8 cm (15 7/8 x 23 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 51.5 cm (16 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number1978.60
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dutuit VI, 160, 22, ii / iv; LeBlanc 33
DescriptionThe MFA holds the painting after which this print was made (accession number 41.40); the collection also includes a touched proof of this print, before the first state (1978.659).
InscriptionsEngraved title: SATIA TE SANGVINE QVEM SEMPER SITISI
ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi, London; 1978, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accesssion Date: February 8, 1978)