Georg Pencz

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

ca. 1539
Engraving
11.9 × 7.5 cm (4.7 × 3 in)

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