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C1851
The Destruction of Jerusalem by The Romans, under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70.
Artist:
Spectacular and very large image, David Robert’s most ambitious work and considered his greatest achievement. Roberts had read the writings of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, who was an eyewitness to the Roman siege and the destruction of Jerusalem. Flavius’s … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Destruction of Jerusalem by The Romans, under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70.
Date:
C1851
Artist:
Engraver:
Louis Haghe
Condition:
In excellent original condition with only minor foxing.
Technique:
Original colour lithograph.
Image Size:
1070mm
x 690mm
Frame Size:
1450mm
x 1100mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1851
Description:
Spectacular and very large image, David Robert’s most ambitious work and considered his greatest achievement. Roberts had read the writings of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, who was an eyewitness to the Roman siege and the destruction of Jerusalem. Flavius’s account of this turning point in Jewish history is the most extensive account of the event known. According to Flavius, the Jews began a revolt in A.D. 66 in response to increasingly oppressive rule by the Romans. Titus, the son of the emperor Vespasian and himself emperor from 79 to 81, led the Roman forces in ending the Jewish uprising. The Jews courageously held the much superior Roman forces at bay for about five months before the city finally fell. On August 10, A.D. 70, the temple was taken and burned, and one month later the upper city was captured. It was one of history’s greatest battles, the outcome of which had been prophesied more than 40 years earlier by Jesus Christ. When first exhibited in London it won unanimous acclaim from critics but the painting disappeared in 1854, reappearing only briefly at the 1961 sale at Christie’s auction house.
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Roberts was initially apprenticed as a house painter and then became a scene painter in theatres. Exhibiting from 1824 his fame came after publication of his most famous work, Egypt & the Holy Land, one of the most important records of these countries famous places and monuments.
