Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Title(s)

Joseph and Potiphar's wife

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-78

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 128-1(4)
• Bartsch 39-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 39-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1634’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1634

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 92 mm × width 114 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

• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, afb. 80, p. 240
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 207, cat.nr. 128
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 39