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Antonio Tempesta|Nicolaus van Aelst

Plate 18: Saul's Suicide after His Defeat by the Philistines, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament'

ca. 1590–ca. 1610
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20.1 × 28 cm (7.9 × 11 in)

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