Judah giving Tamar the pledge
 

Hirah the adullamite with the kid, inquiring for the harlot
 

Tamar brought to execution, showing judah's pledge
 

The birth orf Pharez and Zarah
 

Reference:
Heemskerck New Hollstein 39-742 ( I / IV )
First state before any publishers address Boel (II), Visscher (III) and before extra bible reference (IV).
Dating around 1566 (drawings dated 1566 in Copenhagen)

Inventor:
MAARTEN VAN HEEMSKERCK  ( 1498 - 1574)
Painter and print designer; worked in Haarlem and Italy. Born in Heemskerck; son of a farmer. Trained in Haarlem under Jan van Scorel; in Italy 1532-6/7; later career in Haarlem, where one of the richest citizens. Prolific designer of compositions for prints, almost all made by others. Artists who engraved after his designs include Dirk Coornhert (c.1547-59), Philips Galle (from 1559), Cornelis Bos, Theodoor de Bry

Engraver:
HARMEN JANSZ. MULLER (1540-1617)
Worked as an engraver, first for Antwerp publishers like Gerard de Jode and Hieronymus Cock and from designs by a variety of artists. Until the co-operation with his son Jan, Harmen published a number of prints by himself and others. During the 1590s his son Jan Harmensz. Muller became a formidable rival to his teacher Hendrick Goltzius. He became the engraver of choice for the most famous artists employed by Emperor Rudolf II at the court in Prague - Hans von Aachen, Bartholomeus Spranger and Adriaen de Vries.

Technical:
Engraving. Complete with text line.
Good condition. Strong impressions. Large early watermark
Measures 20,50 by 25 cm. Full plate border and good margins.