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'Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris', 17th century. Artist: Eustache Le Sueur

'Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris', 17th century. Artist: Eustache Le Sueur

2-588-033 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

'Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris', 17th century. The third king of the Achaemenid dynasty, Darius I (550-486 BC) ruled the Persian Empire from 522 BC until his death. Nitocris was a queen of Babylon. According to Herodotus, Darius opened her tomb expecting to find treasure, but only discovered an inscription reproaching him for his greed. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg.

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Creator
  1. Eustache Le Sueur, attributed to: French: Artist, painter, draftsman
Subject
  1. Darius I: Persian: King
People Related
  1. Herodotus: Greek: Author, historian
  2. Nitocris: Babylonian: Queen
Medium
  1. Oil
Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Iran

  1. 32 00 00 N , 053 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Society & Culture Art & Literature

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Society & Culture Death & Burial

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3089x4550
File Size : 41,177kb

Aliases

  1. 7698
  1. 0760002510
  1. 2-588-033
  1. 2588033
  1. 7698
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