‘The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem’, de Nicolas Poussin
Na passagem do trecentésimo quinquagésimo quinto aniversário da morte de Nicolas Poussin [Jun 1594 – 19 Nov 1665], genial artista do barroco francês no século XVII, a representação de ‘The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem’, que pertence ao Museu de Israel, em Jerusalém.
“…Caesar [Titus] shouted and waved to the combatants to put out the fire; but his shouts were unheard as their ears were deafened by a greater din, and his gesticulations went unheeded amidst the distractions of battle and bloodshed. As the legions charged in, neither persuasion nor threat could check their impetuosity: passion alone was in command…”
(Josephus Flavius, The Jewish War, VI.5-6)
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