27 July 2008

Mithridrates VI-Daryal-escape


Mithridrates VI-Daryal-escape, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Mithridates escaping via Daryal Gorge, 200x155cm, Oil,2008, Hans Heiner Buhr

With no escape left, Mithridates VI of Pontus had to cross with a few men left the Greater Caucasus Range via Daryal Gorge on his flight from Pompey in 65 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey_the_Great

For Sale here
http://www.artmesh.org/profiles/hans_heiner_buhr/portfolios/4500/artworks/108488

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