Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.87)Sacred Art & IconographyLevi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.87)Pen and brown ink, gray wash over black chalk, Crispijn van den Broeck, 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2001.87Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.87)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/dinah-met-2001-87.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.87). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/dinah-met-2001-87Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-levi-avenging-the-honor-of-his-sister-di, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.87)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/dinah-met-2001-87}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA pen and ink drawing titled "Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah," by the Netherlandish artist Crispijn van den Broeck, 16th century. The drawing shows Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi carrying out the retaliation that follows her assault by the Hivite prince Shechem in Genesis 34, a narrative that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, is named for. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints, under accession 2001.87.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithJacob, Figures Well-attested This source names Jacob directly: "a narrative that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, is named for."Source Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah, accession 2001.87 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Simeon, Figures Well-attested This source names Simeon directly: "The drawing shows Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi carrying out the retaliation that follows her assault by the Hivite prince Shechem in Genesis 34, a narrative that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and..."Source Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah, accession 2001.87 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionJudaism, Religions Well-attested Source Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah, accession 2001.87 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsDinah, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this drawing names the subject outright as sister to the avenging brother, "his Sister Dinah," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah, accession 2001.87 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesLevi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah, accession 2001.87 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 2001.87View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year