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| Keywords: Jan van Dornicke - Amnon Attacking Tamar - Walters 37779.jpg King David's son Amnon pretended to be sick and when his half-sister Tamar came to visit him he treacherously raped her 2 Samuel Later once the athletic ideal of classical antiquity and contemporary Italian art had been absorbed in the Netherlands painters would typically depict such threatening male figures with far more muscular builds Setting the scene in a 16th-century bedroom with beautiful furnishings including a wall clock rare and expensive at this time implied that the biblical stories remained current The rich surface details and elaborate play of folds are typical of the prevailing style in Antwerp around 1515 to 1525 ca 1520 Renaissance oil on panel cm 79 2 64 5 accession number 37 779 20477 Laffan Sale Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 A Renaissance Puzzle Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1993 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Jan van Dornicke People with clocks in art Amnon Tamar 2 Samuel | ||||
