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Judah Giving Tamar the Pledge

(Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
(Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
(Netherlandish, 1592 – 1640)
about 1566
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 21 × 26.2 cm (8 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.5 × 28.9 cm (8 7/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB2765
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, right of lower center: 1; in lower margin: IVDAS ET THAMAR COEVNT PROMITTITVR HOEDVS ANNVLVS, AMILLÆ, ATQVÆ PEDVM PRO PIGNORE DANTVR.
ProvenanceJune 12, 1900, bequeathed to the MFA by William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208), Paris. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife
Harmen Jansz. Muller
about 1566