Tamar is sitting in the street under a pillar, spreading dust on her head and tearing her multicolored robe, because she has been raped by Amnon. Her brother Absalom seeks her out, followed by two servants, and instructs her to keep silent about the incident, Absalom addresses the wailing Tamar History of Tamar and Amnon , print maker: Philips Galle, Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, 1559, paper, engraving, h 200 mm × w 246 mm

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