Nebuchadnezzar, Balthasar, Rome, Paris (image 13)

Original object type: Artefact
Title: Nebuchadnezzar, Balthasar, Rome, Paris (image 13)
Description:
The roundel on the top left shows Evilmerodach chopping the body of his father Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, into three hundred pieces in order to seize the throne (23). The roundel below it shows the killing of Balthasar, one of the Magi (26). The roundel at the top right shows the founding of Rome (24), and the roundel to its right shows the building of Paris (25).
Context: History of the world: Biblical history; European history
Date range: [ca. 1461-1483]
Date: 1472