Friday, September 10, 2010

Maccabee Art Classics

The IV. Best Maccabee Ikons in the World

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I. Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers and their Mother

File:Wiggensbach St Pankratius Querschiff Süd Martyrium der Makkbäischen Brüder.jpg

TITLE: The Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers and their Mother (under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes)
ARTIST: Franz Joseph Hermann (1771)
LOCATION: St. Pancras Church, Wiggensbach, Bavaria, Germany

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II. Heliodorus Chased from the Temple by the Angels

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TITLE: Heliodorus Chased from the Temple by the Angels (1857-1861)
ARTIST: Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
LOCATION: Chapel of the Angels at St. Sulpice Church, in Paris, France

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III. Martydom of the Maccabees


File:Ciseri, Antonio - Das Martyrium der sieben Makkabäer - 1863.jpg

TITLE: Martydom of the Maccabees
ARTIST: Antonio Ciseri (1863)
LOCATION: Church of St. Felicity, Florence, Italy

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IV. The Maccabees

File:Stattler-Machabeusze.jpg

TITLE:
The Maccabees
ARTIST: Wojciech Stattler (1842)
LOCATION: National Museum, Krakow, Poland
BIOGRAPHY: Wojciech Korneli Stattler (1800-1875), a Polish painter with Swiss aristocratic roots, eventually became a career professor of the School of Fine Arts in Kraków.

May the LORD God bless you in the name of St. Judas Maccabaeus.

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