Jozef ontvlucht de vrouw van Potifar, Lucas van Leyden, 1512

Title(s)

Jozef ontvlucht de vrouw van Potifar
Geschiedenis van Jozef (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-1592

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 20-1(3)
• Bartsch 20

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• signature and date: ‘L 1512’

Description

Slaapkamer met vrouw van Potifar die de mantel van de vluchtende Jozef vastgrijpt.

Artist

• print maker: Lucas van Leyden (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Lucas van Leyden

Place

Low Countries

Dating

1512

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 125 mm × width 162 mm

What

• 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)

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Jozef ontvlucht de vrouw van Potifar

• Lucas van Leyden en de Renaissance, p. 249, cat.nr. 48.2
• Lucas van Leyden [ : 1 1996], p. 48, cat.nr. 20
• De bijbel in huis : bijbelse verhalen op huisraad in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw, Tanja G. Kootte, p. 30, afb. 23
• The prints of Lucas van Leyden and his contemporaries, cat.nr. 31-32
• The prints of Lucas van Leyden and his contemporaries, cat.nr. 27