[Destruction of Jerusalem] Mentre Gioseffo Flavio, esortava li suoi Concittadini ad arendersi a Tito...
Pinelli inv e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"), with wide margins.
Josephus Flavius exhorts the Jews to surrender to Tito. Titus Flavius Josephus (AD 37-c.100), the Romano-Jewish historian, served at the siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 as an interpreter, becoming a friend and advisor to the General Titus, later Emperor of Rome. His account, 'The Jewish War' (c. 75), is the main narrative of the period. By Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835).
[Ref: 53278] £95.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"), with wide margins.
Josephus Flavius exhorts the Jews to surrender to Tito. Titus Flavius Josephus (AD 37-c.100), the Romano-Jewish historian, served at the siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 as an interpreter, becoming a friend and advisor to the General Titus, later Emperor of Rome. His account, 'The Jewish War' (c. 75), is the main narrative of the period. By Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835).
[Ref: 53278] £95.00