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[Destruction of Jerusalem] Distruzione di Tempio di Gerusalemme.Storia delli Imperatori.
Pinelli inv e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"), with wide margins. Extensive tear.
During the destruction of Jerusalem the legionaries burst into Herod's Temple, slaughtering everyone inside. 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: 53280] £35.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"), with wide margins. Extensive tear.
During the destruction of Jerusalem the legionaries burst into Herod's Temple, slaughtering everyone inside. 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: 53280] £35.00