https://www.ipernity.com/tag/vanleijenhorst/keyword/381589 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/77/3C/15479.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/vanleijenhorst/keyword/381589 Mon, 25 May 2026 05:51:06 +0000 Mon, 25 May 2026 05:51:06 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/vanleijenhorst/2156601 tag:ipernity.com,2008-06-08,doc-2156601 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:49:01 +0000 2008-05-03T14:34:42+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/vanleijenhorst">Kees</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/vanleijenhorst/2156601"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/106/66/01/2156601.bfc36003.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The first book of the apocryphal Maccabees (I Macc.6,43ff.) describes the fight of a certain Eleasar against an elephant of the enemy. He placed himself under the monster, and stabbed it in the chest. It broke down crushing the soldier underneath. The stuff heroes are made of.<br /> <br /> In Antiquity, elephants were formidable adversaries (Hannibal’s use of them is well-known). The soldiers riding them were protected by towerlike structures built on the animals’ backs, not quite like the one on this painting, however. The elephant, too, doesn’t seem to be quite true to life.</div> Elephant <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/vanleijenhorst">Kees</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/vanleijenhorst/2156601"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/106/66/01/2156601.bfc36003.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The first book of the apocryphal Maccabees (I Macc.6,43ff.) describes the fight of a certain Eleasar against an elephant of the enemy. He placed himself under the monster, and stabbed it in the chest. It broke down crushing the soldier underneath. The stuff heroes are made of.<br /> <br /> In Antiquity, elephants were formidable adversaries (Hannibal’s use of them is well-known). The soldiers riding them were protected by towerlike structures built on the animals’ backs, not quite like the one on this painting, however. The elephant, too, doesn’t seem to be quite true to life.</div> Kees