Harmen Jansz. Muller (1540–1617)
“Tamar Shows the Staff and Ring of
Judah” (aka “Tamar toont de staf en ring van Juda”; “Tamar Brought to
Execution, Showing Judah's Pledge”), c1566 (1564–1568), after a drawing
by Maarten van Heemskerck (aka Maarten van Veen; Martin
Heemskerk) (1498–1574), plate 3 from the series of 4 engravings, “History of
Judah and Tamar”, possibly published by Claes Jansz. Visscher II (1586–1652)
in Amsterdam.
Wikipedia offers details of the
publication of this print in its first state:
Engraving on fine laid paper backed
with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 27.8 x 29.2 cm;
(plate) 21.3 x 25.4 cm; (image borderline) 19.8 x 25 cm.
Numbered and inscribed on plate
within the image borderline: (lower left) “3”; (lower right of centre) “MHeemskerck
In. [MH
interlaced]”
Lettered on plate below the image
borderline: “VINCTA VENIT FLAMMIS IAM IAM TRADENDA PARATIS HVIVS AIT NATOS PARIAM
QVI HIS VTITVR ARMIS / Genesis 38.24.”
State ii (of ii)
New Hollstein Dutch 7-2(2) (Harmen
Jansz. Muller); New Hollstein Dutch 41-2(2) (Maarten van Heemskerck).
The Rijksmuseum offers the following
description of this print:
“Judah kindles a fire to burn his
daughter-in-law Tamar. He wants to punish her for acting like a whore and
getting pregnant because of it. However, Tamar shows him his staff and signet
ring, proving that he made her pregnant. After that, Judah admits that he is
guilty and Tamar is not. At the bottom in the margin a verse in Latin”
(http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.501922).
Condition: a strong and well-printed
impression with a hand-written inscription by an old hand in faded brown ink in
the lower margin and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi
paper. Beyond a closed tear in the lower margin and a few minor stains, the
sheet is in a very good condition for its considerable age.
I am selling this arresting image of
a fire being prepared by Judah (shown on the left) to incinerate his daughter-in-law,
Tamar (shown on the right holding a staff in one hand and ring in the other),
for being unfaithful to her husband—of course, Judah is mistaken and is about
to discover that he had (shockingly) slept with his daughter-in-law after
mistaking her for a prostitute—for AU$288 (currently US$218.88/EUR178.61/GBP162.09
at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and
handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes
imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing
this Renaissance period engraving of superb quality, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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