Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, Persian kings, King Xerxes, verso - stamped, King Xerxes of Persia standing with one hand on a pickaxe. In the background the men of Xerxes can be seen whipping the Hellespont. They did this on the orders of Xerxes after the bridges that had been built over the Hellespont had been destroyed by storm and water. Above the image a three-line text in Latin., print, prent, prints, height 255 mm, width 206 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher