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Hezekiah has the idols destroyed
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Hezekiah has the idols destroyed

Maerten de Vos, anonymous · 1585 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

King Hezekiah orders the destruction of the altars and images of idols. In the landscape, his men overthrow the images. Below the scene, a Latin reference to the biblical text in 2 Kings 18:1. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHizkia laat de afgoden vernietigen. 1585. Maerten de Vos, anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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