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Apollo and Diana Kill Niobe’s Children wth Their Arrows: She is Turned into a Stone

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Apollo and Diana Kill Niobe’s Children wth Their Arrows: She is Turned into a Stone
Apollo and Diana Kill Niobe’s Children wth Their Arrows: She is Turned into a Stone

Apollo and Diana Kill Niobe’s Children wth Their Arrows: She is Turned into a Stone

Artist Bernard Picart (French, 1673-1733)
Date1731
Dimensions14 x 10 in. (36 x 25.5 cm)
MediumEtching
ClassificationPrints
Object number
1984.46
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Label TextA tragic figure from Greek mythology, Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus and the queen of Thebes. She was the mother of seven sons and seven daughters. Niobe boasted of her fecundity while attending a ceremony dedicated to the goddess Leto. Leto, the mother of the gods Apollo and Artemis, was angered by the comparison and sent her children to slaughter Niobe’s progeny. In her grief, Niobe turned to stone from which her tears poured continuously.Exhibition HistoryTMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.

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