Niobe grieving over the loss of her fourteen children while holding some of their dead bodies. Etching by B. Pinelli after F. Rehberg, 1810.
- Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758-1835.
- Date:
- 1810
- Reference:
- 46763i
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Apollo and Artemis are shown in the left hand corner of the print in the act of shooting the children to punish Niobe for her vanity and arrogance
Publication/Creation
Rome : [publisher not identified], 1810.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 34.2 x 50.3 cm
Lettering
Niobe. Quadro dipinto per sua Altezza Imperiale Principe Eugenio Napoleone Vice Re d' Italia. Pinelli incise. Federico Rehberg pinx. Rom 1810
Reference
Wellcome Collection 46763i
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Location Status Access Closed stores