Contention between Herod and Mariamne, Theodoor King, after Jacobus Buys, 1783, In a decorated room, Herod, sitting on the edge of a bed, furiously raises his clenched fists at his wife Mariamne for not fulfilling her marital obligations. Mariamne expresses her anger at the murder of her grandfather and turns her back on Herod. In the background is a man holding his index finger to his lips and carrying a vase. This print is an illustration for the tenth chapter of the fifteenth book of 'All the Works of Flavius Josephus., print maker: Theodoor Koning, (mentioned on object), Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1783, paper, engraving, h 254 mm × w 166 mm
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