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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

1634
Etching on paper.
90 x 115 mm
RvR 56
NHD number
NHD 128, I
Notes
Gen. 39:7-12.
Before additional work [of state II: fine parallel shading added to the cushion above the woman's left knee, and on the bedpost]. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f. 1634.".
Watermark: Fragment of a crown.
Provenance

J. E. de Wit (d. ca.1895), Portland (ME)

Associated names
Wit, J. E. de, d. ca. 1895, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School