Jozef en de vrouw van Potifar, Cornelis Cort, after Titiaan, after c. 1560 - c. 1565

Title(s)

Jozef en de vrouw van Potifar

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-7126

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 16-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘TYCIAN INVE[NIT]’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De vrouw van Potifar ligt naakt op een hemelbed. Jozef vlucht van haar weg (naar rechts) en wordt door haar bij zijn mantel vastgegrepen.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Cort
• after design by: Titiaan (mentioned on object)

Place

Venice

Dating

after c. 1560 - c. 1565

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 203 mm × width 260 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)
• bed with tester
• slippers

Acquisition

transferred 1815

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Cort, p. 38, cat.nr. 16
• L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort graveur hollandais 1533-1578, cat.nr. 17