Sardanapal in the Bath

Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
 after Crispijn de Passe the Elder Netherlandish
 after Maerten de Vos Netherlandish

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A scene with the bearded figure of Sardanapal, the Assyrian king, in a bath at center, surrounded by six attendants. The scene is framed by a circular ornamental frieze with pairs of animals and groupings of fruit. Copied from a rectangular print by Crispijn de Passe I (Hollstein XV.142.119), after a drawing by Maerten de Vos.

Sardanapal in the Bath, Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Engraving

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