79.1995: Tamar Brought to Execution, Showing Judah's Pledge

Identification and Creation

Object Number

79.1995

People

Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, Dutch (1519 - 1590)
After Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (Heemskerck 1498 - 1574 Haarlem)

Title

Tamar Brought to Execution, Showing Judah's Pledge

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Story of Judah and Tamar

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1549

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/233295

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

23.6 x 18.7 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, lower left, stamp, red ink: JU / NG [in square with beveled corners] [Lugt 3791, mark of Richard Jung]
• collector's mark: verso, lower right, stamp, red ink: JU / NG [in square with beveled corners] [Lugt 3791, mark of Richard Jung]
• inscription: verso, ink, in a fractur script: als Juuda tzamar um (?) (?) (?) brand (?) (?) sy (?) getoont dat sy (?) lidt (?) (?)
• inscription: verso, graphite: als Juda Thamar om overspel wilde da Heeft zy getoont dat hij haer liet to ja
• inscription: verso, graphite: H. 37

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. Richard Jung (Lugt 3791), Fribourg-en-Brisgau. Private collection.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

N.H. 37 (Heemskerck)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Susan Dackerman

Object Number

79.1995

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2025 - 06/16/2025

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