Jael and Sisera

1588

Jacob Matham after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Jacob Matham

Artist, Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows a woman standing in a three-quarter profile, holding a large hammer and spike in her right hand near her shoulder. She has delicate facial features, styled hair with curls, and wears a flowing gown. The background includes a tent with a figure inside and a landscape of hills and sparse vegetation, along with detailed clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 x 16.8 cm (10 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 16.8 cm (10 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.233

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein no. 293, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1970; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as Jael and Sisera (after Hendrik Goltzius) by Jacob Matham.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Léna Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 293, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: 1.; lower center in image: HG (in monogram) excud.; lower center in plate: Transfigens Sisare clavo cava... / ...pectore nomen habet

Wikidata ID

Q76342516

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