Linen sampler embroidered with silk and metal thread, Jane Bostocke English, 1598, Victoria and Albert MuseumInscription: “Jane Bostocke1598 / Alice Lee was borne the 23 of November being twesday in the after noone1596”

Linen sampler embroidered with silk thread Anna Buckett, England, 1656 Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inscription: “Ann+Buckett+Jvly+12+Anno+Domine+1656+”

Detail, Anna Buckett, sampler

David and Bathsheba, engraving, published by Gerard de Jode

David and Bathsheba, canvas embroidered with silk linen thread, England, c.1675-1700, Metropolitan Museum of Art

S.C., David and Bathsheba, 1661 or 1682. Tent stitch on linen. Ashmolean Museum.

David and Bathsheba, English, mid-17th cent. Tent stitch, wool and silk on canvas.

Judgment of Solomon, hand-colored engraving, published by Gerard de Jode in Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum Veteris Testamenti, Antwerp, 1585, British Museum

Judgment of Solomon, needle lace, with seed pearls and glass beads, England, 1640-1670, Victoria and Albert Museum

Judgment of Solomon, canvas worked with silk thread, England, mid-17th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Engraving, published by Gerard de Jode in Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum Veteris Testamenti, Antwerp, 1585. The elders trying to seduce Susanna

Hand-colored engravings, published by Gerard de Jode in Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriarumVeteris Testamenti, Antwerp, 1585. The elders trying to seduce Susanna

Hand-colored engravings, published by Gerard de Jode in Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriarumVeteris Testamenti, Antwerp, 1585. The elders accusing Susanna of adultery

Hand-colored engravings, published by Gerard de Jode in Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriarumVeteris Testamenti, Antwerp, 1585. Daniel intervening on behalf of Susanna.

Hand-colored engravings, published by Gerard de Jode in Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriarumVeteris Testamenti, Antwerp, 1585. The stoning of the elders.

Susanna. Bible cover (framed), canvas embroidered with silk and metal thread, England, c.1600-1625, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silk, leather, metal thread, spangles (sequins), and linen, England, c. 1625-50, Metropolitan Museum of ArtInscription: “Here’s Svsannah wrongfvlly accvs’d/becavse she wovld not be abv/s’t/(b)vt did she escape the wickeds rod by/little

Daniel stird vp by God.”

Domestic needleworker, Susanna and the Elders, c.1630-60. Glasgow Museums.

Susanna, satin embroidered with silk and metal thread, England, ca. 1660, Victoria and Albert Museum

Canvas embroidered with silk thread, England, mid-17th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canvas embroidered with silk and metal thread, England, mid-17th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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