Design for a Brooch with Jael Killing Sisera
Johann Theodor de Bry
1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints
Design for a brooch with a circular scene showing Jael hammering a peg into the head of Sisera on a blackwork background at center. The scene is derived from a drawing by Lucas van Leyden. Three terminals emerge from the top, left and right of the central motif.
- Artist
- Johann Theodor de Bry
- Date
- 1580–1600
- Medium
- Engraving and blackwork
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951