Illustration: 71H876x71H8764x1

General

Title Joab besieges the city of Abel of Beth-maachah, Sheba's refuge, Sheba's head is thrown over the wall of the city
Type Illustration
Sizes 111x83
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71H876,71H8764
Iconclass description Joab besieges the city of Abel of Beth-maachah, Sheba's refuge, Sheba's head is thrown over the wall of the city
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Samuel) 1 Mm3v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Samuel) vol.1 p.Mm3v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (II Samuel) vol.1 p.Mm3v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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