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Amphion playing the lyre
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Amphion playing the lyre

anonymous · 1728 · 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. Left and right in the ornamental frame a camel and an elephant and other animals.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentNicolas Boileauhoofed animals: camelornaments ~ arttrunked animals: elephant
Credit lineAmphion bespeelt de lier. 1728. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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