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Tiresias drinking the blood of the sacrifice
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Tiresias drinking the blood of the sacrifice

Theodoor van Thulden · 1633 · letterpress printing; etching; plakken; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Tiresias first drinks the blood of the sacrifice that Odysseus brought to the underworld. Then the other shades drink from it. Odysseus is in the background in conversation with several men. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTiresias drinkt het bloed van het offer. 1633. Theodoor van Thulden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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