Keywords: The Death of Sennacherib - Google Art Project.jpg One of two surviving miniatures from a book of Old Testament prophets made in Sicily around 1300 the illumination shows three separate episodes from the Israelites' battle with Sennacherib king of Assyria now Iraq as recounted by the prophet Isaiah The angel flying above a pile of corpses on the right illustrates the first episode Then the angel of the Lord went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses In the center scene surrounded by dead corpses Sennacherib and his remaining troops depart for the city of Nineveh The story's climactic ending occurs on the left Sennacherib's two sons betray him stabbing him in the back as he prays before a pagan idol His death saves the Israelites from Assyrian occupation The artist painted the miniature in an elegant late Byzantine style seen in the careful modeling of the horses the figures' elongated proportions and the finely observed details of the soldiers' armor The blue lines descending into the top center of the miniature are the remains of a decorative letter from the now-lost text above None 430703 Unknown /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/the-death-of-sennacherib-unknown/6874835/ Unknown illuminator /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 11 59 38 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/the-death-of-sennacherib-unknown/6874835/ 1300 about 1300 Deaths Sennacherib Angels Sennacherib Tempera colors and gold on parchment 73 6874835 True 1300 3/25/2012 2 47 04 PM lido getty edu-gm-obj112308 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 112308 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Detached leaf 1300 1310 Italy Creation w175 x h73 cm about 1300 False 2 24561403508772 Part the-death-of-sennacherib-unknown The Death of Sennacherib d 175 Tempera colors and gold on parchment Deaths Sennacherib Angels Sennacherib http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id RAHAMMQARr191A PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Angel decimates Sennacherib's army MS 35 Getty museum Miniatures of Saint Michael |