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Pompey Orders the Letters of Marcus Peperna to be Burned
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Pompey Orders the Letters of Marcus Peperna to be Burned

Pieter Tanjé · 1737 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Sextus Pompeius, with a commander's baton in hand, has the letters of Marcus Peperna burned. After the painting in the Council Chamber of the Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Friesland in the Binnenhof in The Hague.

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Credit linePompeius laat de brieven van Marcus Peperna verbranden. 1737. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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