Levi, Twelve sons of Jacob, Levi, the third son of Jacob. He has a flaming sword in his hand, the symbol of wrath. Out of uncontrollable rage, Levi and his brother Simeon had destroyed the city of Shechem. Levi sits on a bear, also an attribute of anger. Next to Levi the statue of Wrath. She drives a spear through the back of a kneeling man. All attributes refer to Jacob's blessing of Levi (Genesis 49). The print is part of a series about the twelve sons of Jacob and patriarchs of Israel and has a Dutch and Latin caption., print maker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck, Haarlem, 1550, paper, etching, engraving, height 210 mm × width 265 mm, print
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