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The Wife of Hasdrubal Commits Suicide
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The Wife of Hasdrubal Commits Suicide

Bartolomeo Pinelli · 1819 · etching; paper

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

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The wife of Hasdrubal having just murdered her children and about to commit suicide. Out of shame for Hasdrubal's surrender of Carthage to the Romans.

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Credit lineDe vrouw van Hasdrubal pleegt zelfmoord. 1819. Bartolomeo Pinelli. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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