A drawing in brush and ink and wash over black chalk titled "The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera," by the Neapolitan painter Francesco Solimena, 1728 to 1733. Deborah is remembered in the Book of Judges as a prophetess and the only woman to judge Israel, who summoned the commander Barak to battle against the Canaanite general Sisera and delivered the victory song that follows in the same book. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints department, under accession 63.98.1.
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MediumBrush and ink and wash over black chalk, Francesco Solimena, 1728 to 1733, Metropolitan Museum of Art 63.98.1 1 Classification
Object TypeDrawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash) 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Canaanites directly: "A drawing in brush and ink and wash over black chalk titled "The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera," by the Neapolitan painter Francesco Solimena, 1728 to 1733."
Source The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera, accession 63.98.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera, accession 63.98.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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The Met's own title for this drawing names the subject outright, "The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera, accession 63.98.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera, accession 63.98.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 63.98.1
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A drawing in brush and ink and wash over black chalk titled "The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera," by the Neapolitan painter Francesco Solimena, 1728 to 1733.
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