Illustration: 71Z171x1

General

Title Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him
Type Illustration
Sizes 112x88
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71Z171
Iconclass description Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (I Maccabees) 1 π1v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (I Maccabees) vol.1 p.π1v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (I Maccabees) 1 Kkkkk1v
Show scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (I Maccabees) vol.1 p.Kkkkk1v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

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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

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