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Border with the People Demanding Daniel from Cyrus, about 1525-1530. Creator: Simon Bening.

Border with the People Demanding Daniel from Cyrus, about 1525-1530. Creator: Simon Bening.

3-042-427 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Border with the People Demanding Daniel from Cyrus; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Additional Info: An angry mob approaches the palace of King Cyrus to demand that the prophet Daniel be thrown into the lions' den as punishment for killing a dragon that the people had worshipped as a god. The king, having been accused of turning against his own people to become a Jew, gives in to the crowd and delivers Daniel. Medieval Christians saw the reluctant Cyrus turning a righteous man over to seemingly certain death as an Old Testament prefiguration of the New Testament story of Pilate and Jesus, seen on the facing page.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Simon Bening, attributed to: Flemish, Netherlandish, Dutch: Artist, painter, illuminator, miniaturist
Subject
  1. Cyrus II: Persian: King
People Related
  1. Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg: German: Cardinal, elector
Medium
  1. Gold
  2. Tempera colours, gold paint, and gold leaf
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Recto
Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Iran

  1. 32 00 00 N , 053 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4330x6308
File Size : 80,021kb

Aliases

  1. 83.ML.115.174
  1. Ms. Ludwig IX 19 (83.ML.115), fol. 174
  1. 1200006122
  1. 3-042-427
  1. 3042427
  1. 83.ML.115.174

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