The Chaldeans Carrying Away the Pillars of the Temple of Jerusalem, plate 17 from "The Disasters of the Jewish People"
Maarten van Heemskerck|Philips Galle · Netherlandish|Netherlandish
Date: 1569
Medium: Engraving; first plate of three (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 9/16 in. (17.3 × 24.3 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (15 × 20 cm)
Classification: Books
Themes: Animals, Buildings, Fire, Men, Temples
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Date range
1510 – 1612
Largest dimension
24.3 cm
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