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Judah and Tamar
Artist: Pieter Lastman (Dutch, 1583-1633)
Date: about 1615-1620
Dimensions:
Paper: 8 5/8 x 7 in. (21.9 x 17.8 cm)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Frederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund
Object number: 1975.48
Label Text: As written in the Book of Genesis, Tamar, a young widow disguised as a prostitute and covered with a veil, seduces Judah, the father of her two deceased husbands, in order to secure an heir for the family (her husbands had both died before she bore them children). She negotiates payment of a goat, but retains Judah’s staff as security. She later used the staff as proof of Judah’s paternity when she gave birth to twins, Pharez and Zerah. Pharez was an ancestor to King David.
Pieter Lastman was teacher to both Rembrandt and Jan Lievens (works by both appear in this exhibition). Lastman studied painting in Italy in the early 1600s, and was particularly influenced by the German artist Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610). Elsheimer’s work is represented in this exhibition by the prints of Hendrick Goudt.
Pieter Lastman was teacher to both Rembrandt and Jan Lievens (works by both appear in this exhibition). Lastman studied painting in Italy in the early 1600s, and was particularly influenced by the German artist Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610). Elsheimer’s work is represented in this exhibition by the prints of Hendrick Goudt.
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