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Absalom Killing Amnon from "The Story of Absalom and Tamar"

Artist Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-ca.1561
Date1540
DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (12 cm); W: 3 in. (7.7 cm)
MediumEngraving.
ClassificationPrints
Object number
1925.28
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Label TextAccording to the Bible, Amnon, the oldest son of King David of Israel, raped his half-sister Tamar. In revenge, Absalom, the third son of King David and Tamar’s full brother, sent his servants to kill Amnon during a feast of all the king’s sons. In this dramatic print, with the dagger about to be thrust into Amnon’s back, Heinrich Aldegrever has placed the weapon in the hand of Absalom himself. A servant with a sword assists in the deed.

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