Achior wordt aan een boom gebonden
Medium
pen
Dimensions
305; 218
About this artwork
height 305 mm x width 218 mm
Art Historical Context
**Achior wordt aan een boom gebonden** (Achior Tied to a Tree), a compelling pen drawing by Dutch artist Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink from 1601, captures a dramatic moment from the biblical Book of Judith. In the story, Achior, an Ammonite leader, is bound to a tree by Assyrian soldiers as punishment for his warnings about the Israelites. Sweelink, a Haarlem-based draftsman active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, specialized in such vivid biblical narratives, often creating preparatory sketches for stained-glass designs or prints during the Dutch Golden Age's early stirrings. Measuring...