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Ptolemy VI Philometor

1493 · letterpress printing; plakken; houtsnede; paper

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

About this work

A flower vase containing a king with plumed hat, orb and scepter, facing left. The depiction is part of the succession of Egyptian pharaohs in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies him as Pharaoh Ptolemaeus VI Philometor. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print boekillustratie albumblad king

Credit linePtolemaeus VI Philometor. 1493. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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