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Joshua's victory over the Amorites, by Poussin

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An image of Joshua's victory over the Amorites. Poussin, Nicolas (French, 1594-1665). Pen and brown ink with grey wash on paper, height 246 mm, width 391 mm.

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Joshua's victory over the Amorites. Poussin, Nicolas (French, 1594-1665). Pen and brown ink with grey wash on paper, height 246 mm, width 391 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 2606
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 651 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 156.67kB

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17th Century Amorite Amurru battle battle scene battlefield Bible biblical classical combat defeat defeating drawing fierce fighting Fitz_PDP French hand combat Iraqi Joshua (Old Testament) male military muscles muscular Nicolas Poussin Old Testament Poussin slaughter soldiers Sumerian victorious victory violence violent wars wartime

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