Jael hammering a tent peg into the temple of the sleeping Sisera, to the right a servant hides behind a curtain; from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting by Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Pietro Monaco's "Jael hammering a tent peg into the temple of the sleeping Sisera" is an etching and engraving created between approximately 1730 and 1739. The print measures 42.8 × 27.6 cm (16 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.) and depicts Jael with a tent peg, with a servant observing from behind a curtain. It belongs to a series of 112 prints of sacred history, specifically based on a painting by Giovanni Battista Pittoni.

Pietro Monaco, an Italian engraver, lived from 1707 to 1772. This print is part of the Drawings and Prints department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1962. Evidence regarding the artwork's culture, exhibitions, literature, and provenance is not provided in the supplied data.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Pietro Monaco, including multiple prints from the same 112-print sacred history series dated ca. 1730–39, such as "Samson and Delilah seated on a bed" and "Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law from God." Other comparable holdings include "Noli me tangere" and "Jacob wrestling the angel" from the same period.