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Zelfmoord van Ajax, Antonio Tempesta, 1606
Antonio Tempesta, portraitAntonio TempestaItalian, 1555–1630

Zelfmoord van Ajax

1606 · Print

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Where is “Zelfmoord van Ajax” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the work

Museum text in Dutch

Ajax stort zich in zijn eigen zwaard, nadat hij de strijd om de wapenrusting van Achilles verloren heeft. Titel in het Latijn in ondermarge.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
RP-P-OB-37.893

What it shows

Ajax' blood changed into a hyacinth: after Ajax has taken his own life, his blood is changed into a hyacinth (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 207XIII 390)Suicide of Ajax

In the catalog

PrintsBaroque17th century

Sources

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