1513
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Jael and Sisera is a 1513 ink by Albrecht Altdorfer, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a woman kneeling beside a sleeping man under a big tree. She’s holding a hammer over his head while another person looks on. The trees and buildings in the background are drawn with lots of sharp lines. The woman is driving a nail into the man’s skull—a dramatic moment from a biblical story. The artist used a woodcut method, where lines are carved into wood and inked. Look up woodcut to see how this printing technique works.
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…
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