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Amphion playing the lyre
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Amphion playing the lyre

Bernard Picart · 1718 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

As Amphion plays the lyre, the stones move and form a wall around the city of Thebes. On the left and right in the ornamental border, animals look on. At the bottom, a whale and a crab.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornaments ~ art
Credit lineAmphion bespeelt de lier. 1718. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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