Tag: Yael

Bartolomeo Veneto, (1470–1531) Jewish woman with tools, c. 1512 or 1520 Private collection Jewish woman with tools. One source seems to suggest (plausibly) that the hammer indicates that she is being painted as the biblical Yael.  Sisera was commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin of Hazor, who is mentioned in Judges 4-5 of the Hebrew…