Antique Optical Print-JOSEPH-POTIPHAR’s WIFE-SEDUCE-GENESIS 39:11-Probst-1770

Handcoloured etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 44 x 33 cm. The image size is ca. 42 x 30.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 17.3 x 13 inch. The image size is ca. 16.5 x 12 inch.

Antique print, titled no. 190: ‘Iosephus a Putipharis uxore ad turpe fcelus allicitur’. Original optical print, showing Joseph fleeing Potiphar’s wife. Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce Joseph, but he spurned her (Genesis 39:11-12) Separately published optical prints by Probst, ca. 1770.Artists and Engravers: Georg Balthasar Probst (1732 – 1801) was a German artist, engraver and publisher in Augsburg, a major European publishing center in the 17th and 18th centuries. He produced architectural views of places around the world, including vues d’optique, which were published in various places during the last half of the 18th century, including Paris, Augsburg and London.

Condition: Very good, given age. Margins cropped and thumbed. A small stain in the bottom right corner. A small weak spot in the right margin, just beside the image edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE OPTICAL PRINT-JOSEPH-POTIPHAR’S WIFE-SEDUCE-GENESIS 39:11-PROBST

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