Queen Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus

Giovanni Antonio PellegriniCirca. Early 18th Century

USC Fisher Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States

This eighteenth-century painting by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italy, 1675 – 1741) depicts Tomyris, the ancient warrior queen of Massagetae, ordering the head of Cyrus the Great to be bathed in blood to avenge the death of her son, Spargapises.

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Title: Queen Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus
Creator: Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, 1675 – 1741)
Date Created: Circa. Early 18th Century
Physical Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation, 1982.1
Physical Dimensions: 172.2 x 148.6 cm (68 x 58 1/2 in.)
Rights: Photography by Brian Forrest
Medium: Oil on canvas, Oil Paint, Canvas

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