King Tigranes has taken off his crown and wishes to kneel before Pompey. The latter, however, seizes him by the hand and kneels beside him to spare Tigranes the humiliation. In the background in the opening of the army tent the axe-bearer with the king's sword, Tigranes surrenders, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1799, paper, etching, h 208 mm × w 134 mm

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