Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Punishment of Niobe (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020.278)Sacred Art & IconographyThe Punishment of Niobe (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020.278)Conte crayon and white chalk on paper, Merry Joseph Blondel, ca. 1822 to 1828, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2020.278Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Punishment of Niobe (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020.278)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/niobe-blondel-met-2020-278.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Punishment of Niobe (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020.278). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/niobe-blondel-met-2020-278Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-punishment-of-niobe-metropolitan-mus, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Punishment of Niobe (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020.278)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/niobe-blondel-met-2020-278}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA conte crayon and white chalk drawing titled "The Punishment of Niobe," by Merry Joseph Blondel, ca. 1822 to 1828, showing the grieving mother amid the slaying of her children by Apollo and Artemis, punishment for her boast against Leto. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2020.278, Drawings and Prints department, Gift of Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander B.V. Johnson, 2020.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithApollo, Deities Well-attested This source names Apollo directly: "amid the slaying of her children by Apollo and Artemis, punishment for her boast against Leto."Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Apollo, Figures Well-attested This source names Apollo directly: "amid the slaying of her children by Apollo and Artemis, punishment for her boast against Leto."Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Artemis, Deities Well-attested This source names Artemis directly: "slaying of her children by Apollo and Artemis, punishment for her boast against Leto."Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Artemis, Figures Well-attested This source names Artemis directly: "slaying of her children by Apollo and Artemis, punishment for her boast against Leto."Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Leto, Deities Well-attested This source names Leto directly: "punishment for her boast against Leto."Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Leto, Figures Well-attested This source names Leto directly: "punishment for her boast against Leto."Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionAncient Greek Religion, Religions Well-attested Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsNiobe, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this drawing names the subject outright, "Niobe," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source The Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesThe Punishment of Niobe, accession 2020.278 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 2020.278View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year