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Joab kills Amasa at the great stone in Gibeon (2 Sam. 20:8-10) (The Fifth Commandment)

Joab kills Amasa at the great stone in Gibeon (2 Sam. 20:8-10) (The Fifth Commandment)

5803A
Artist
Adriaen Collaert (1555-1623)
Title
Joab kills Amasa at the great stone in Gibeon (2 Sam. 20:8-10) (The Fifth Commandment)
Date
1585-1589
Medium
Engraving. Plate 5/10 (plus title plate) of The Ten Commandments. After Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Subsequently published by Philips (1537-1612), Theodoor (ca. 1571-1633), and Johannes Galle (1600-1676).
Photo Source
Rijksmuseum Website
Note
Illustrated here is the first state of the plate. The second adds, in the sky, at the upper center, PRÆCEPTVM V. NON OCCIDES.
Item
5803A
Correspondences
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