Identification title(s): jael kills sisera. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-3043. Catalog reference: new hollstein german (altdorfer) w. 43. The illustrated bartsch 43. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 240 collector's mark, verso lower right, stamped: lugt 789a. Description: the army leader sisera, lying on the ground in a deep sleep. Behind him is jaël, she is about to kill him. With her left hand she holds a tent peg against sisera's head, and in her other hand she has a hammer. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: albrecht altdorfer (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: germany. Dating: ca. 1506 - 1538. Physical features: woodcut. Material: paper technique: woodcut. Dimensions: image: h 122 mm × w 94 mm. Subject: what: jael kills the sleeping sisera by hitting the nail through his temples. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between circa 1506 and circa 1538.
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