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Nicolaus van Aelst|Antonio Tempesta

Plate 6: The Israelites Defeated by the Canaanites for Having Disobeyed Moses, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament'

ca. 1590–ca. 1610
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19.8 × 27.6 cm (7.8 × 10.9 in)

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