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Sophonisba Drinking Poison
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Sophonisba Drinking Poison

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1553 · engraving; paper

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

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Sophonisba seated with the poison cup at her mouth. Beside her a servant of her second husband Massinissa, who has brought the poison cup. On the wall a cartouche with a four-line text in Latin.

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Credit lineSophonisba drinkt vergif. 1553. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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