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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph

In Martin Luther, Enchiridion. Der kleine Catechismus. Für die gemeine Pfarherr und Prediger, Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1596 (Saint Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences Library), fol. B7v

fol. B7v (11 of 25 in-Urus figures)
fol. B6v
fol. C1r
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
  • matrix h: 69 mm
  • matrix w: 52 mm
Matrices
  • Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph (Daubmann; Osterberger)
Actors
  • Georg Osterberger (1542 - 1602) printer : 1596
Places
  • Königsberg production place : 1596
Design

Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph (Daubmann; Osterberger) Part of Set of catechism scenes 70 x 50 (Daubmann; Osterberger) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇤ Erhard Schön (printmaker), Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph (Petreius) Part of Schön's set of Catechism scenes ca 69 x 53 (Petreius) ◼
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Iconography description
  • Potiphar's wife catching Joseph by his robe (Iconclass: 71D1331)
  • Potiphar's wife trying to seduce Joseph (Iconclass: 71D133)
Narrative

Tenth Commandment - 'You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife or ... Anything That Belongs to Your Neighbor' (Bible, Exodus 20:17)

Functional context

Decalogue (10th commandment) (Catechism)

Credits
Created by
  • Wojciech Kordyzon (2022-02-15 08:59)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-09-07 08:36)

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