Tamar Being Taken Out to be Burnt
around 1566/67 | Jacopo da Ponte, gen. Jacopo Bassano
The widowed daughter-in-law of Judah, Tamar, tries to force her father-in-law to comply with Jewish law and give her his youngest as her husband (Genesis 38). When he refuses, she covers her face and waits for him in an open place, where he believes her to be a harlot. As a pledge she receives his signet ring, bracelets and staff and then sleeps with him, becoming pregnant. She is later condemned to be burnt for her transgression, but when she reveals the pledge, Judah frees her.
The widowed daughter-in-law of Judah, Tamar, tries to force her father-in-law to comply with Jewish law and give her his youngest as her husband (Genesis 38). When he refuses, she covers her face and waits for him in an open place, where he believes her to be a harlot. As a pledge she receives his signet ring, bracelets and staff and then sleeps with him, becoming pregnant. She is later condemned to be burnt for her transgression, but when she reveals the pledge, Judah frees her.
Artist:
Jacopo da Ponte, gen. Jacopo Bassano (um 1510 - 1592 Bassano) DNB
Time:
around 1566/67
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
die oval gemalte Einfassung original: Overall: 55 x 116 cm
Framed: 63,5 cm x 124,5 cm x 4,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 9
Provenance
1730 documented in the gallery
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