drawing
- Museum number
- 1994,0409.5
- Description
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Queen Tomyris with the head of Cyrus; the Queen, drapery flying out behind her, holds the head aloft in her right hand, while with her left hand she holds the arm of one of a pair of nude warriors kneeling before her who holds a crown aloft in his left hand, while on the bottom l, a dog attacks the torso of the dead man. c.1700
Brown and white oil paint on a brown preparation, on paper laid on canvas
- Production date
- 1700 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 614 millimetres
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Width: 496 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Bolognese c.1700
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1995-6 Nov-Apr, BM, Recent Acquisitions (no cat.)
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
The back of the frame bears an old Colnaghi label inscribed in ink: "Queen Thomyris with the head of Cyrus. Oil painting on paper by Pietro Sorri (c.1556-1621)".
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1994,0409.5
