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Artwork:
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David praying as the avenging angel goes through the country
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Artist:
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MAÎTRE François
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Date:
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C. 1475-80
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Technique:
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Miniature
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Location:
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Museum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague
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Notes:
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From Augustine's "La Cité de Dieu", book I-X (translation from the Latin by Raoul de Presles) (manuscript "Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 11"). Book 1, 8. Full title is "After David has ordered to number the people, God punishes Israel with three days of plague: the avenging angel with his sword drawn goes through the land and kills seventy thousand men."
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Subject:
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The Census and the Plague
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