Showing posts with label Classic Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classic Art. Show all posts

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

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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.