Mattathias and his sons the Maccabees
Ze'ev Raban
(Israeli (born in Poland), 1890–1970)
1941
Medium/TechniqueGouache over pencil on paper
DimensionsH: 25 cm; W: 31 cm
Credit LineCharles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession number2013.996
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Not on viewClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsNow the days drew near for Mattathias to die, and he said to his sons :" Arrogance and reproach have now become strong; it is a time for ruin and furious anger. Now, my children, show zeal for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of our fathers"
( Maccabees I, Chapter 2 verses 49-50)
ProvenanceBy 1982, Irving J. Abramowitz, Baltimore. April 24, 1997, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, lot 61, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
