Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus — Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin

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Holder's headings: Children, Men, Midas, Rivers
Wikidata depicts: river, child, man, Midas, Midas

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Credit: Purchase, 1871
Licence: CC0-1.0
Evidence: metmuseum.org collection api v1: isPublicDomain=true on object 437328 (read 2026-09-01)
Record: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437328

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