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Joseph interpreting his dreams to Jacob [print].

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 077
Creator
Muller, Jan Harmensz. (Jan Harmenszoon), 1571-1628, engraver.
Published
[Netherlands, 16--?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 77, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print mounted onto leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
A reverse copy of the first in a series of five plates by Lucas van Leyden illustrating the Story of Joseph; attributed by F.W.H. Hollstein to Jan Muller or his workshop.
Signed with van Leyden's original date and monogram: the letter "L" and the date 1512 in a tablet above the door at right.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 124 x 167 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Jacob sitting in profile at left with Joseph standing before him surrounded by his six brothers; two other figures, one seated and one standing, are shown lower right, as two more enter through a doorway in the background at right.
Classification
Department