Jael and Sisera

Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635)

This work shows us the “mannish Jael” (maschia Giaele) as Manzoni referred to her, just as she breaks Sisera’s skull with the tent nail, as we read in the Book of Judges. We know nothing of the provenance of this painting, nor are there any documents that tell us when it came to the Ambrosiana. The work has been attributed to Giuseppe Vermiglio; it contains some Caravaggesque elements and appears to have been inspired by the same subject painted by Artemisia Gentileschi and now in Budapest.

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• TITLE

  Jael and Sisera

• AUTHOR

  Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635)

• INVENTARIO

  1197

• DATE

  c. 1621

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on canvas

• DIMENSIONS

  130 × 103 cm

• SUBJECT

  Grand genre

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  17th century painting

• ROOM

  15