Amnon and Tamar. Steen, Jan, 1626-1679 Click to enter image viewer Use the Save buttons below to save any of the available image sizes to your computer.
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Title:Amnon and Tamar
Notes:A short essay on the artistic and spiritual meaning of this artwork is available from The Visual Commentary on Scripture, https://thevcs.org/tamar-and-amnon/testosterones-toy?first=2041.

This image represents an interpretation of the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings for Year B -- Season after Pentecost -- Proper 13 (18)

Date:ca. 1661-1670
Artist:Steen, Jan, 1626-1679
Building:Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Object/Function:Painting
City/Town:Cologne
Country:Germany
Scripture:Samuel II, 13:1-22
Samuel II, 13:1-19
Person as Subject:Tamar (Biblical figure)
Amnon (Biblical figure)
General Subject:Rape
Visual Commentary on Scripture
RCL Daily Reading
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Attribution:Steen, Jan, 1626-1679. Amnon and Tamar, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=49605 [retrieved January 22, 2025]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Steen_001.jpg.
Record Number:49605 Last Updated: 2021-11-18 19:03:38 Record Created: 2007-02-05 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition