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Orestes and Pylades before Iphigenia
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Orestes and Pylades before Iphigenia

c. 1648 - c. 1662 · tapestry; wool; silk

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

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Tapestry with King Thoas of Tauris ordering Iphigenia to sacrifice the captured Orestes and Pylades to Artemis; from a series of five tapestries with scenes taken from Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.

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Credit lineOrestes en Pylades voor Iphigenia. c. 1648 - c. 1662. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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