Heliodorus whipped by Angels.

Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos

Colonial Museum
Bogotá, Colombia

Painting attributed to Gregorio Vásquez. It represents a biblical scene from the second book of the Maccabees in which two angels punish Heliodorus, an envoy of King Seleucus who sought to steal the riches of the temple in Jerusalem.

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Title: Heliodorus whipped by Angels.
Creator: Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos (attributed)

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