Caption:
Jewish leader Barchochebas (Simon ben Kosiba) shows fire-breathing Roman to Jewish army, Cornelis Brouwer, after Jacobus Buys, 1784, Jewish leader Simon ben Kosiba, nicknamed Simon bar Kochba (Barchochebas) was a Jewish messiah. Between 132 and 135 he was leader of the last rebellion against the Romans. Here he tries to convince men of his role as Messiah and shows a fire-breathing Roman to the Jewish army, they respond in awe., print maker: Cornelis Brouwer, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1784, paper, etching, h 254 mm - w 165 mm