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The Head and Hand of Nicanor Shown to the People, plate 6 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
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The Head and Hand of Nicanor Shown to the People, plate 6 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning

Primary (Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, circa 1549–Brussels, Belgium, circa 1620)
NationalityFlemish, Europe
Datecirca 1574
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 15 1/16 in. (28 × 38.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 7 15/16 × 11 3/16 in. (20.2 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1599.6
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1599.6/8
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M-H attributes to Hieronymus. Hollstein attributes to Jan.
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Mattathias Killing a Jew and a Royal Servant at Modin, plate 2 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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Antiochus Army Killing the Jews During the Sabbath, plate 3 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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Judas Maccabee Ordering the Cleansing of the Holy Place, plate 4 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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The Consecration of the New Altar, plate 5 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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Antiochus Sacking the Temple, plate 1 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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The Five Heavenly Warriors in the War Against Timotheus, plate 7 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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The Death of Timotheus, Chæreas and Apollophanes, plate 8 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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Antiochus Sacking the Temple, plate 1 from The Story of the Maccabees, after Gerard P. Groenning
Johannes Wierix
circa 1574
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Absalom Conspiring outside the Gates of Jerusalem, plate 1 from The Story of David and Absalom, after Maarten de Vos
Johannes Wierix
circa 1585
Facundia [Eloquence], from Les trois choses les plus souhaitées par l'homme [The Three Favours Desired by Men], after Ambroise Francken
Facundia [Eloquence], from Les trois choses les plus souhaitées par l'homme [The Three Favours Desired by Men], after Ambroise Francken
Johannes Wierix
1570
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La Bienfaisance [The Mercy], from Les trois choses les plus souhaitées par l'homme [The Three Favours Desired by Men], after Ambrosius Francken
Johannes Wierix
1569
The Blissful Death, from Les trois choses les plus souhaitées par l'homme [The Three Favours Desired by Men], after Ambrosius Francken
The Blissful Death, from Les trois choses les plus souhaitées par l'homme [The Three Favours Desired by Men], after Ambrosius Francken
Johannes Wierix
before 1580