Judas Maccabeus was a Jewish guerrilla leader in the second century before Christ who led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. He is celebrated for restoring the Temple in Jerusalem. His military successes, including the recapture of Jerusalem, are commemorated in the festival of Hanukkah.
| Artist |
Lieven Cruyl
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | Judas Maccabeus |
| Date | 1689 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom left: LIV: CRUYL fecit 1689 |
| inscription below: Judas Machabaeus Hostibus Fusis Civitatem Sanctam Recuperat Templumque Idololatriae Sordibus Purgatum Israëlitis Restituit | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | ink drawing |
| Inventory number | 1968-S |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Willems, Jean Brussels 1968 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1968-S |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11969/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
12A43
the Temple (in general) ~ Jewish religion
Iconclass
25HH landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes Iconclass 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta' Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A11 palace Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 44F revolution, revolt Iconclass 46A126 the nine worthies, 'les neuf preux' Iconclass 46A1263 Judas Maccabaeus (one of the nine worthies) Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 61E(JERUSALEM) names of cities and villages (JERUSALEM) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 8) |
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