Josef und die Frau des Potiphar

Title

Josef und die Frau des Potiphar

Draughtsman

• Georg Anton Urlaub

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links: P: il Sign. moor

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1959

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal
• interior

Persons Shown

• Joseph (patriarch)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament

Primary

• 71D1331 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)