Jephthah laments his rash vow

Pelton, Emily (active ca. 1805)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1804
Height:
48.8 cm  (19 3/16 in.)
Width:
53.8 cm  (21 3/16 in.)
framed: 57 x 63.2 x 4.4 cm (22 7/16 x 24 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor and gold leaf

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1966.13.13]

Description

Jephthah's daughter plays a frame drum.

Iconclass

71F2453
Jephthah's daughter dances with tambourines to meet her father on his return from the battle; Jephthah rends his clothes in despair

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Frame drum [2598]

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4077