Judah and Tamar, In a landscape, the veiled Tamar sits with her father-in-law Judah, whose signet ring and staff she has received. Judah does not recognize her and thinks she is a prostitute. Tamar becomes pregnant and can prove that he is the father of her child through the jewelry that Judah has given her. Based on the Bible story from Gen. 38: 1-26. At the bottom in the margin two two-line texts in Dutch and Latin., print, print maker: Pieter Nolpe, (mentioned on object), after print by: Pieter Lastman, publisher: Pieter Nolpe, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1623 - 1653, paper, etching

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