Absalom Comforting Tamar, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Story of Amnon and Tamar
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist bio: German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1540
Medium: Engraving; first state of two (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (11.1 × 7.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession year: 1966
Tags: Kings|Women