Name: Antique Master Print-MACCABEES-MARTYRDOM-KING ANTIOCHUS-Dufour-1565-1610
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Antique Master Print-MACCABEES-MARTYRDOM-KING ANTIOCHUS-Dufour-1565-1610

€225.00

‘SOLA QUIUNT DIGNE VESTRARS DECERRE LAUDES / SCRIPTA SACROS INTER MERITO NUMERATA LIBELLOS, / HAC LICEAT USQUE NEGET QUAE TOTUM CONCUTIT ORBEM / HORRIDA MORTIFERI NUTRIX DISCORDIA BELLI:’

– A king, likely Antiochus IV, witnesses the brutal torture of a Maccabean martyr in a large cauldron while others lie dead or dying around the scene. Flames rise dramatically as executioners stoke the fire. A divine figure (likely an angel) appears above the victim. The composition is dense with suffering bodies and emotion, stressing the piety and endurance of the martyrs.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Tete de boeuf Ref: Briquet 15296 (1565).

Sheet size: 28 x 21 cm (11.02 x 8.27 inch). Image size: 27.6 x 20.7 cm. (10.87 x 8.15 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Trimmed close to the plate, some soiling and edge wear, light creasing, strong impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MACCABEES, MARTYRDOM, 2 MACCABEES, PIERRE DUFOUR, TORTURE, ANTIOCHUS IV, OLD TESTAMENT, ENGRAVING, RELIGIOUS MARTYR, EARLY MODERN PRINT | PCO-A56-28

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 4 from the rare series The martyrdom of the Maccabees attributed to Pierre Dufour.

Reference: Hollstein VII.44.21; Wurzbach I.560.4.

Biography engraver: Pierre Dufour (1545-ca. 1610) was a French engraver and print designer known for dramatic religious and historical subjects. His work is characterized by intense emotion and anatomical detail, often published in the Southern Netherlands.