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Zelfmoord van Ajax, Virgilius Solis, 1569
Virgil Solis, portraitVirgil SolisGerman, 1514–1562

Zelfmoord van Ajax

1569 · 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

Nadat Ajax de strijd om de wapens van Achilles heeft verloren stort hij zich in zijn eigen zwaard. Waar zijn bloed op de grond valt, bloeien hyacinten.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
RP-P-OB-22.112(R)

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)Scrollwork and strapworkSuicide of Ajax

In the catalog

PrintsRenaissance16th century

Sources

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