Jael Killing Sisera, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1658 - c. 1659 , The Rembrandt van Rijn Collection - room 5

Jael Killing Sisera, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1658 - c. 1659

Jael Killing Sisera, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1658 - c. 1659 — Jael Killing Sisera

Painter: Rembrandt van Rijn
Year: 1658 - 1659
Medium: pen and brown ink, with opaque white; framing lines in black ink over brown ink

Description: After suffering a crushing defeat against the Israelites, the Canaanite army general Sisera imagined he was safe in the tent of the Jewish Jael. However, as soon as he fell asleep, she killed him, driving a tent peg through his head. Rembrandt portrayed a determined Jael who does not doubt the necessity of her deed. Hanging casually from a chair, Sisera’s helmet underscores his naivety.

The Rembrandt van Rijn Collection Catalog

Room 1

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1662
Portrait of a Woman, Probably Maria Trip (1619-1683)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639
The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642
Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665 - 1669
Portrait of Oopjen Coppit

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634
Salome receives the head of John the Baptist

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1645
The Standard Bearer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636
Portrait of Marten Soolmans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634
Johannes Wtenbogaert

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634
Tobit and Anna with the Kid

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626
Self-portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1628

Room 2

Musical Company

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626
The Holy Family at Night

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642 - 1648
Samson and Delilah

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626 - 1627
Young Woman in Fantasy Costume

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661
The raising of Lazarus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620 - 1650
Portrait of Ephraim Bueno

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645 - 1647
Still Life with Peacocks

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639
Laughing Young Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629 - 1630
Portrait of a Man, perhaps Rembrandt's Father, Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634
Joseph Telling his Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
Portrait of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1800

Room 3

Man in Oriental Dress

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635
Portrait of a man, perhaps Rembrandt's father, Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1730 - 1774
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630
Titus in Monk's Habit

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
The Denial of St Peter

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Anna

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631
Landscape with a Stone Bridge

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638
The Actor Willem Bartholsz Ruyter as a Peasant

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638
Boy Walking with a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1640
Cottage with White Paling among Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648
Judah and Tamar

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
The Swijgh Utrecht Tower in Amsterdam

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655

Room 4

Small Study of the Head of the Sick Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1647 - 1648
Studies for the Sick Woman in the ‘Hundred Guilder Print’

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648
View of the Amstelveenseweg outside Amsterdam

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660 - 1662
Shah Jahan and his Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656 - 1658
Jahangir

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656 - 1658
Reclining Lion

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645
Standing man with a child by the hand

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1643
Old Man in a Fur Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1640
Two Horses at a Halting-place

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637
Actor in the Role of Pantalone Engaged in Conservation

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634 - 1636
Seated Actor in the Role of Capitano

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634 - 1636

Room 5

Self-portrait with Tousled Hair

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1628 - 1629
Woman with a Urinating Child

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658 - 1660
Kneeling Man in a Turban and Heavy Robes

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1665
Reclining Lion

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
Reclining Lion

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
Studies of the Mourning Magdalen and the Virgin

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1636
Road with Trees, Ditches and Houses

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
Boaz and Ruth

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645
Jael Killing Sisera

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658 - 1659
House with a Figure Standing in a Doorway

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1675 - 1700
View of the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1647
Winter View with a Waterway, Cottages and Two Boats

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Room 6

Longhouse Farmstead with a Haystack in a Polder Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652
The Peacock Garden on the Amstel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1600 - 1699
A Cow in a Shed

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640
Reclining Lion with its Forepaw over its Muzzle

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
Four Men Standing, Wearing Hats

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Three Scribes

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1628 - 1629
Study of a Woman’s Legs

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1628 - 1629
Bedroom with Saskia in a Canopy Bed

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638
Two Studies of a Woman and Child

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Young Woman Seated by a Window (Saskia?)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638
Three Orientals Conversing

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645
Head of a Sleeping Girl and a Boy’s Head in Profile

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Room 7

Standing Boy Holding a Whip and Raising his Right Hand

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
Shah Jahan

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656 - 1658
Walking Man with a High Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655 - 1660
Old, Bearded Man Writing

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
The Actor Willem Bartholsz Ruyter as King Ahasuerus on his Throne

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1640
Standing Man with Outstretched Arm

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636 - 1641
Old Man Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1640
Woman with her Arm in a Sling

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1640
Rider with Quiver on Horseback

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1675
Man Helping a Rider to Mount a Horse

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1641
Supper at Emmaus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
Beheading of John the Baptist

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1641

Room 8

The Entombment, over a Sketch of an Executioner

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1641
Christ Healing a Leper

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655
The Angel Appearing to Joseph in his Dream

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
One of the Three Kings Adoring the Virgin and Child

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 - 1640
The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655
The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Tobias and the Angel Taking Leave of Raguel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655
Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Five Studies of Haman’s Head

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655 - 1660
David Hearing the News of Uriah’s Death

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650
Nude Woman Lying on a Pillow

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661 - 1662

Room 9

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and the Baker

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655
Recumbent Lion

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
Inn on the Amstelveenseweg

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652
Two Men at a Door and a Seated Man with a Child on his Lap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655
Boy Lighting a Pipe

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655
Boy Sleeping

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1625 - 1675
Saskia in Bed

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635
Jacob and his Sons

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641
Susanna and the Elders

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1655
Woman Giving a Child a Drink

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638
Saint Jerome in prayer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
Seated Old Man with Tall Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645 - 1655

Room 10

Indian Archer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656 - 1658
Boy with a Dog, Two Men Talking and a Profile Head of a Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1657 - 1662
A Syndic of the Drapers’ Guild, Jacob van Loon, Seated

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661 - 1662
Esther succumbs to Ahasverus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640
The Pancake Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635
Banquet of Esther, Ahasuerus and Haman

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665
View of the Amstel from the Blauwbrug

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645 - 1650
Three Women and a Child by a Door

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645
Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
A Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629 - 1630
Standing Man with a Stick, Facing Left

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629 - 1630
Study of a Man, Seen from Behind

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629 - 1630

Room 11

Standing Man with a Stick, Facing Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629 - 1630
Standing Man with a Pouch

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629 - 1630
Haman before Ahasuerus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
Houses and Trees on a Dike

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640 - 1650
Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Dessert

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 - 1660
View of a row of houses in a city

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1600 - 1699
Nude Woman Seated by a Stove

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661 - 1662
Man with beard and fur hat

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1625 - 1710

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