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Absalom seizes power
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
At the city gates of Jerusalem, Absalom embraces an Israelite. Thus he greeted everyone from Israel who came to ask for a judgment from the king, and in this way he won over the people of Israel. Under the image a reference in Latin to the Biblical text in 2 Sam. 15:2. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAbsalom grijpt naar de macht. 1585. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
