Maerten van Heemskerck

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Maerten van Heemskerck - Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Maerten van Heemskerck

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

1566
208 x 261 mm
Drawing
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Fransico
Gift of William Mansur Hume in memory of his father, George E. Hume Achenbach Foundation

Literature

Larry Silver, Pieter Bruegel, New York; London, 2011, fig. 59

Iconclass

71D1331 Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

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