Jael and Sisera

Jan de Bray (circa 1627 - 1697)

York Art Gallery

1659

This painting depicts the kneeling figure of Jael with hammer upraised, holding the nail in place against Sisera's head. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

• Medium: oil on oak
• Dimensions: 40 x 33cm
• ArtFunded in: 1955
• Presented by F D Lycett Green through The Art Fund

Provenance

F.D. Lycett Green

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