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Frieze with the Punishment of Niobe (Plate 3)
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Frieze with the Punishment of Niobe (Plate 3)

Jan Saenredam · 1594 · engraving; paper

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

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The goddess Latona complains to her two children, Apollo and Diana, who then avenge her honor by killing the fourteen children of Niobe with arrows. The print has a Latin inscription. Left plate of a print with a frieze of eight plates.

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Credit lineFries met de bestraffing van Niobe (plaat 3). 1594. Jan Saenredam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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