Title: Tomyris, shown nude from behind, placing the head of Cyrus into a sack held by a soldier, the decapitated body of Cyrus on the ground at her feet, from "Four Mythological Scenes"
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1539
Portfolio: Four Mythological Scenes
Artist:  Georg Pencz 
Artist bio: German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 4 11/16 x 2 15/16 in. (11.9 x 7.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Heads, term: Men, term: Female Nudes