1720A

Athalia tearing her clothes before King Jehoiada (2 Kings 11)

Artist: Erhard Schoen (ca. 1491 – 1542)
Title: Athalia tearing her clothes before King Jehoiada (2 Kings 11)
Date: ca. 1515-1518
Medium: Woodcut [TIB 1301.016(aw)]. Illustration to bibles printed in Lyon & Nuremberg between 1518 and 1563 by Jacob Sacon or Jean Marion and published by Anton Koberger, Anton Pirckheimer, Frederick Peypus, Guilleaume Boulle, or Jacques de Millis. This illustration is taken from folio 85r of the Biblia cu[m] concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti[.] Lyon: Jacob Sacon, 1522, held at Special Collections, Shields Library, University of California at Davis.
Photo Source: PESSCA Archive
Item: 1720A