Is "Cyrus, King of Persia, from Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity" in the public domain?

Yes, Cyrus, King of Persia, from Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Cyrus, King of Persia, from Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity

Q: When was "Cyrus, King of Persia, from Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity" created?

This artwork was created 1590s.

Adriaen Collaert|Maerten de Vos

1590s

Medium

Engraving

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.95.1570

Tags

KingsCorpsesFlagsHorses

About this artwork

This 1590s engraving by Adriaen Collaert after Maerten de Vos depicts Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, as part of a series titled "Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity." Such series, popular in late 16th and early 17th-century European printmaking, presented historical exemplars of virtuous leadership and military prowess for edification of contemporary rulers and educated audiences. Cyrus (c. 600-530 BCE), renowned in classical and biblical sources for his military gen...

Cyrus, King of Persia, from Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity

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