Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killeddetails

[Picture: Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killed]
previous image
up

Image title:

Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killed

Taken from

Status:

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive.

Notes:


King Ashurbanipal ruled over what was then the largest empire the world had ever seen, now called the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The empire lasted for around three hundred years (911 – 612 BCE).

The scene in the picture, in luxurious reds and golds, is described as being based on a scene from the bas-reliefs from the Temple of Nineveh, in the British Museum. I am not sure why someone is carrying an umbrella.

The caption in Spanish reads as follows:

Asurbanipal ofrece en sacrificio los leones muertos por el.
(Detalles exactos de los bajo-relieves del Meseo Britanico)

Three contributors are credited:

The artist: D. Baixeras.

The printer: Mir Tarradas, Comas y Cª,—Editores.

The lithographer: A. Casanovas,—Lit..

D. Baixeras is Dionís Baixeras i Verdaguer (1862–1943).


Keywords:

Place shown:

Artist:

Filename:

286-ashurbanipal-sacrificing-lions-q75-500x370.jpg

Scanner dpi:

17362 dots per inch (approximately)

Comment:

Download:

Similar images: