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Scylla and Minos
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Scylla and Minos

Hans Jamnitzer · 1569 · casting; lead (metal)

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

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Round lead plaque. In the center Minos, the besieger, seated on his horse leaping to the left, before the gate of Niseia, the city that fell to him through the treachery of the king's daughter Scylla. She stands on the tower and shows the enemy, for whom she fell in love, the golden hair of her father, Nisus, from which he derived his power, which she stole from him at night. In the foreground two seated and two standing soldiers. In the middle ground: on the left three women, on the right a military procession. In the background the city by the water with ships.

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Credit lineScylla en Minos. 1569. Hans Jamnitzer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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