The death of Dirke (Dirce): her stepsons Zetos (Zethos) and Amphion tie her by her hair to the horns of a bull and have her flung into a well. Engraving, 1633.

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1633
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11579i
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The death of Dirke (Dirce): her stepsons Zetos (Zethos) and Amphion tie her by her hair to the horns of a bull and have her flung into a well. Engraving, 1633. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The sculpture known as the "Farnese Bull", formerly in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, and from 1788 in Naples (latterly Museo Nazionale): Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

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Romae : Joseph de Rubeis, 1633.

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1 print : engraving

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 165-167, no. 15 (without mention of this print)

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Wellcome Collection 11579i

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