G3008: Thomyris with the Head of Cyrus
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G3008
- People
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Georg Pencz, German (Breslau 1500 - 1550 Leipzig)
- Title
- Thomyris with the Head of Cyrus
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Greek Heroines
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1539
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/278160
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 11.7 x 7.3 cm (4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in design, u.l.: TAMIRIS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- ii?/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- Bartsch 70, Hollstein 120
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G3008
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Annette Dixon, ed., Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons in Renaissance and Baroque Art, exh. cat., Merrell Publishers Ltd. (London, England, 2002), Cat. no. 31, p. 86
Exhibition History
- Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986
Verification Level
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