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Maerten van Heemskerck (after)
Gideon and His Men Destroying the Altar of Baal1561

Not on view
Engraving of muscular male figures demolishing and building stone structures, with a burning altar in the distance and a Latin inscription along the bottom edge

Maerten van Heemskerck (after), Gideon and His Men Destroying the Altar of Baal, 1561, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Maerten van Heemskerck (after)
Title
Gideon and His Men Destroying the Altar of Baal
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1561
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.72 × 34.61 cm) Image: 8 × 9 3/4 in. (20.32 × 24.77 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.429b
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.