The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
David Roberts, 1850
Titus's legions storm Jerusalem — panoramic siege at empire peak.
About this work
The Scottish painter David Roberts painted The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70 around 1850. It is a vast panorama of Jerusalem and its Temple under Roman attack. Roberts knew the setting first-hand. In 1838–40 he made long sketching tours of Egypt and the Near East, including the Holy Land, and the sketches became his famous series of lithographs, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, published from 1842 to 1849. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1841. The siege was the decisive event of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome. Titus, son of the emperor Vespasian, besieged Jerusalem in AD 70 with four legions and auxiliary forces; after months of fighting the Romans breached the walls, destroyed the Second Temple and razed most of the city. Titus later became emperor himself, from AD 79 to 81. Roberts (1796–1864) was born in Edinburgh and was apprenticed to a house painter, then worked as a theatre scene painter until J. M. W. Turner persuaded him to become a full-time artist.
Sources: Wikimedia Commons · Wikipedia: David Roberts (painter) · Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 5,906 × 3,921 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 39 × 26 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 13 in) · $100 · 295 ppi
Medium (24 × 16 in) · $150 · 245 ppi
Large (36 × 24 in) · $300 · 163 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
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