Print Description
This print shows a view on Joseph who runs from Potiphar’s wife (Genesis 39). Bibletext in latin below. From a series on the story of Joseph. Mirror image.
Made by Petrus I de Jode after Gerard de Jode.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 26 x 20.8 cm (10.24 x 8.19 inch). Image size: 26 x 20.8 cm. (10.24 x 8.19 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Small margins. Tear above restored. Fold in middle. Some brown spots. Creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BIBLE-RELIGION-JOSEPH-POTIPHAR’S WIFE-BED-NAKED | RBOS-A10-21
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This print was first published by Gerard de Jode in 1579 in “Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum”. This print was published by his son Petrus de Jode ca 1600.
Biography engraver: Gerard de Jode (Nijmegen 1509 – Antwerpen 1591) was a cartographer, engraver and publisher of atlasses. .
Biography artist: Pieter I de Jode (1570-1631)was born in Antwerp as the son of Gerard de Jode. He is part of a family of engravers. Pieter I de Jode earned a living as a draughtsman, engraver and publisher. He was the publisher of certain prints of the Rubens graphic and was trained by Hendrik Goltzius.
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