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Top: The Stoning of Achan (Joshua 7:25)
These images from Walters manuscript W.106 depict scenes from the story of Joshua. Top: A man named Achan had stolen some things,which had been promised to God, from Jericho, and because of this the people of Israel fled before the men of Ai. Achan confessed his crime to Joshua; he had stolen silver and gold. The Israelites took Achan and his family, and stoned them.
Bottom: Under the command of Joshua, the Israelites captured the city of Ai.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, Oxford (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/16 x W: 3 3/4 in. (13.2 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.106.19R
