Polycrates Sami Tyrannus, opibus, et felicitate iclytus, ab Orete Perfarume Satrapa captus, as cruci affixus docuit, neminem ante obitum merito dici pofse felicem,
Italy: c.1690. Notes: Polycrates was the tyrant of Samos. According to Herodotus, Polycrates death was wanted either because he was unable to add Samos to Persia's territory, or because Polycrates had supposedly not given the necessary attention to a Persian ambassador. This image depicts the Crucifixion of Polycrates. Planned by the Governor of Sardis, Polycrates was invited to Sardis and killed by crucifixion, an undignified death for a tyrant., Image Size : 475x735 (mm), 18.70x28.94 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 502x745 (mm), 19.76x29.33 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Etching, Categories: Old Masters;Etchings Others;. Very Good. Item #P2909
Notes: Polycrates was the tyrant of Samos. According to Herodotus, Polycrates death was wanted either because he was unable to add Samos to Persia's territory, or because Polycrates had supposedly not given the necessary attention to a Persian ambassador. This image depicts the Crucifixion of Polycrates. Planned by the Governor of Sardis, Polycrates was invited to Sardis and killed by crucifixion, an undignified death for a tyrant., Image Size : 475x735 (mm), 18.70x28.94 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 502x745 (mm), 19.76x29.33 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Etching, Categories: Old Masters;Etchings Others;.
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