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Title: Tomyris, shown nude from behind, placing the head of Cyrus into a sack held by a soldier, the decapitated body of Cyrus on the ground at her feet, from a series of four mythological scenes
Series/Portfolio: Four mythological scenes
Artist:
Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig)
Date: ca. 1539
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 4 11/16 x 2 15/16 in. (11.9 x 7.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.763
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