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Mattathias Killing a Jew Who Wanted to Offer Sacrifices to Pagan Gods

In Biblia to iest kxięgi Starego y Nowego Zakonu [...]., Cracow: Mikołaj Szarfenberger (printer), May 1577 - December 1577 (Kórnik, BK PAN), fol. 572r

fol. 572r (135 of 300 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Monogrammist MS (printmaker attr.), Mattathias Killing a Jew Who Wanted to Offer Sacrifices to Pagan Gods (Lufft; Severin; Szarfenberger)

Actors

Mikołaj Szarfenberger (1519 - 1606) printer : May 1577 - December 1577
Monogrammist MS (fl. ca 1530 - ca 1550) printmaker attr. : 1532 - 1536

Places

Cracow production place : May 1577 - December 1577

Design

Monogrammist MS (printmaker attr.), Mattathias Killing a Jew Who Wanted to Offer Sacrifices to Pagan Gods (Lufft; Severin; Szarfenberger) Part of Set of Bible illustrations (Lufft; Severin; Melantrich; Walther; Szarfenberger; Siebeneicher; Drukarnia Akademicka; Schedel) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Mattathias killing a Jew who wanted to offer sacrifices to pagan gods (Iconclass: 71Z12)

Narrative

Mattathias killing a Jew who wanted to offer sacrifices to pagan gods (Bible, 1 Maccabees 2:23-26)

Functional context

I Maccabees (Bible)

References

Matrices' graphic catalogue entries

Muczkowski: 107

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-11-15 09:30)

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-11-15 09:30)