Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Panthee tire un poignard, l'enfonce dans son sein, pose sa tete sur l'estomac d'Abradate, et meurt // [Panthea pulls out a knife, plunges it into her bosom, lays her head on Abradates' stomach, and dies].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists H-Le GA 2012.00242
Identifier
ark:/88435/dchd76sc436
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1775.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1775
Extent
1 item ; sheet 17.8 x 10.5 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Historical scene. Grief-stricken Panthea commits suicide beside the body of her slain husband, Abradatas.
Inscribed in plate, above: "Tom. I - Page 120".
Signed in plate, lower left: "J.M. Moreau inv.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Helman sculp. 1775".

Discovery Information

Subject
Panthea, Queen, consort of Abradatas, King of Susa—Death and burial—Art
Abradatas, King of Susa—Death and burial—Art
Spouses—Susa (Extinct city)—In art
Suicide victims—Susa (Extinct city)—In art
Death—Susa (Extinct city)—In art
Grief—Susa (Extinct city)—In art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0ab64e29-6c2f-4de7-8ad7-f4d4773dfbe3/manifest