Rembrandt van Rijn - Jael Killing Sisera

Jael offered the fleeing Captain Sisera shelter in her tent, and then drove a tent pin through his head while he slept. Already before Rembrandt’s time, this biblical story was depicted as a warning against ‘the wiles of women.’ Rembrandt was fascinated by what drives a woman to commit such a deed. He regularly portrayed narratives in which the conflict of seduction and betrayal of women is central.

drawing drawings paper deck paint ink pen brush pen and brown ink with opaque white framing lines in black ink over brown ink rembrandt van rijn high resolution netherlands artist dutch rijksmuseum

1658 - 1659

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