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  • Astyages Shows to Harpagos the Head of His Son, the Meat of Which He Fed Him

    Artist:
    Merian, Matthäus, the elder. 1593-1650
    Technique:
    etching
    Dimensions:
    100х138 mm (plate)

Merian, Matthäus, the elder. 1593-1650

Astyages Shows to Harpagos the Head of His Son, the Meat of Which He Fed Him

Germany, first third of the 17th century

Author:

Merian, Matthäus, the elder. 1593-1650

Authors:

Inventor: Merian, Matthäus, the elder. 1593-1650

Title:

Astyages Shows to Harpagos the Head of His Son, the Meat of Which He Fed Him

Place:

Germany

Date:

first third of the 17th century

Book, album, seria:

The Series of Scenes of World History, Starting with the Creation of the World and Ending with the Year of 1619

Material:

paper

Technique:

etching

Dimensions:

100х138 mm (plate)

Acquisition date:

Entered the Hermitage in 1934; handed over from the Central Academic Library of the State Hermitage Museum

Inventory Number:

ОГ-344167

Category:

Prints

Collection:

European Fine Art

Subcollection:

Western European Prints