VICTORS, Jan
(b. 1619, Amsterdam, d. 1676, East Indies)

Ruth Swearing her Allegiance to Naomi

1653
Oil on canvas, 109 x 137 cm
Private collection

The subject is taken from the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. Naomi of Bethlehem was the Moabite Ruth's mother-in-law.

The painting is a pendant to a painting in the Muzeum £azienki Królewskie, Warsaw. It is signed and dated top right: J . Victors / 1653.