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Joseph

Biblical figure, son of Jacob and Rachel and governor of Egypt during the late Hyksos dynasty

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Images from the collections

Images featuring Joseph

13 images from works
  • Joseph's brothers show his coat, apparently soaked in his blood, to Jacob, who mourns. Etching.
  • Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).
  • Joseph tells his unsympathetic family about his two prophetic dreams. Line engraving by G. de Jode.
  • Joseph flees from Potiphar's wife as she attempts to seduce him. Lithograph by Franz Hanfstaengl after Carlo Cignani.
  • Potiphar's wife tumbles on her bed with a terrified Joseph. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter after R. Cosway, 1802.
  • Joseph is dragged out of the pit and sold to some passing Midianites. Etching.
  • Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).
  • Joseph is sold by his brothers. Etching.
  • Jacob and Joseph with their sons in a half roundel in the Vatican. Engraving by A. Cunego (?) after A. de Angelis (?) after Michelangelo.
  • Jacob (Israel) blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, watched by Joseph. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.

Works from the collections

13 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Joseph is dragged out of the pit and sold to some passing Midianites. Etching.

    | Reference: 15910i
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    • Online

    Joseph is dragged from the pit and sold by his brothers to a company of passing Midianites. Line engraving by G. de Jode.

    | Reference: 15906i
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    Jacob (Israel) blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, watched by Joseph. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.

    Franklin, John, active 1800-1861. | Date: 1838 | Reference: 27681i
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    A hole in the ground covered with a stone is uncovered and shown to shepherds (the discovery of Joseph?). Colour aquatint with etching by J.G. Prestel, 1783, after Z.J. van Helmont.

    Helmont, Zeger Jacob van, 1683-approximately 1726. | Date: [1783?] | Reference: 2477415i
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    Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).

    Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502. | Reference: 44816i

Related topics

Brothers
Twelve tribes of Israel
Clothing and dress - Religious aspects
Avarice - Religious aspects

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