Tamar Shows the Staff and Ring of Judah, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Nicolaes II Visscher (publisher)
,
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut (engravers (printmakers))
,
Nicolaes I Visscher (publisher)

Date

1659

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Judah has the fire lit to burn his daughter-in-law Tamar. He wants to punish her because she behaved like a harlot and became pregnant as a result. However, Tamar shows him his staff and signet ring, proving that he got her pregnant. Then Judah acknowledges that he is guilty and Tamar is not.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Nicolaes II Visscher , Pieter Hendriksz. Schut , Nicolaes I Visscher
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 68 x 101 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-FM
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) Iconclass, Judah's love-affair with Tamar; he gives her his signet(-ring), bracelets and staff Iconclass, the burning of Tamar being ordered, she shows the signet(-ring), bracelets and staff to Judah, who recognizes them as his Iconclass, violent death ~ fire Iconclass, violent death by burning at the stake; pyre Iconclass, open fire (in general) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FM
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11387/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-FM
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