Tamar shows Judah's staff and ring, History of Judah and Tamar (series title), Judah stokes the fire to burn his daughter-in-law Tamar. He wants to punish her because she behaved like a whore and got pregnant because of it. However, Tamar shows him his staff and signet ring, proving that he made her pregnant. Then Judah admits that he is guilty and Tamar is not. At the bottom in the margin a verse in Latin., print, print maker: Harmen Jansz Muller, (mentioned on object), after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (possibly

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