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Joseph fleeing from Potiphar's wife [print].

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 083
Creator
Pencz, Georg, 1500?-1550, designer, engraver.
Published
[Germany], 1546.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 83, 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.
Signed "PG" and dated in the plate at lower left.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 117 x 80 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Joseph fleeing the bedchamber at left, as Potiphar's wife sits on a bed at right, clinging to his cloak in an effiort to pull him into bed with her.
Classification
Department