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From the stories of the Maccabees, the engraving depicts the rebellion of the priest Matatia against the religious persecutions to which the Jews were subjected. At the bottom the inscription: ”Mathathias sacerdos aemulator legis divinae Iudeo Dijs gentium immolaturo et Antiochi praefecto per zelum casis, relicta urbe Modin, cum filius et reliquis Deum / Machab 1 Chap. 2. 14”. Based on the Der Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments series. engraving, 205x290mm Beautiful specimen with large margins, excellent state of conservation.