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Apollo and Diana Killing the Children of Niobe
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Apollo and Diana Killing the Children of Niobe

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1602 - 1607 · engraving; paper

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

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Apollo and Diana shoot arrows at the children of Niobe to punish her. She had tried to prevent the Theban women from worshipping Leto, the mother of Apollo and Diana. In the margin, a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineApollo en Diana doden de kinderen van Niobe. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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