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Original fileSeba keert zich tegen koning David
About This Work
A man identified as Sheba stands in the center of the composition, sounding a trumpet to call the Israelites to desert King David. On the left, David is shown in royal robes and a crown, surrounded by his loyal soldiers armed with pikes and halberds. The background features a winding river and a distant city where the retreating rebels head.
This work is a product of the Sadeler workshop, a family of engravers central to the dissemination of late Mannerist and early Baroque imagery. Aegidius Sadeler eventually became the court engraver for Emperor Rudolf II in Prague, a major center for late Renaissance natural philosophy and Hermetic interests.
Inscriptions(Latin)
Seba tubam increpitat, plebs turbine concita tanto Deficit à Domino seditiosa suo. Hinc Dauid metuens peiora, opponere contrà Signa Jubet, tandem hunc funere strauit Habel. 2. Sam. 20. Justus es Domine et rectum iudicium. Suscipe seruum tuum in bonum, non calumnientur me superbi. pf. 118 Marti de vos figur Ioan sadl excu
Translation
Seba sounds the trumpet, the people, stirred up by such a whirlwind, Rebel seditiously against their Lord. Then David, fearing worse things, orders his standards To be opposed against him; finally, he struck him down with death. 2 Sam. 20. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright is thy judgment. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and let not the proud oppress me. Ps. 119 [118] Marti de Vos fecit Ioan Sadeler excudit
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Marten de Vos
The engraver worked from a design by de Vos, a key figure in the Antwerp school whose works were frequently adapted into moralizing and philosophical prints.
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Provenance & Source
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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height 215 mm x width 259 mm
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