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Tigranes Surrenders
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Tigranes Surrenders

Ludwig Gottlieb Portman · 1799 · etching; stippelets; paper

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

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King Tigranes has removed his crown and wishes to kneel before Pompeius. Pompeius, however, takes him by the hand and kneels beside him to spare Tigranes the humiliation. In the background, in the opening of the army tent, the standard-bearer with the king's sword.

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Credit lineTigranes geeft zich over. 1799. Ludwig Gottlieb Portman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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