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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 Bibli Cžeská, Prague: Jiří Melantrich (printer), 1560 - 1561 (Prague, NK ČR), fol. D4r

fol. D4r (14 of 144 in-Urus figures)
fol. C8v
fol. D4v
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Monogrammist MS (printmaker attr.), Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph (Lufft; Severin; Melantrich) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius)
Actors
  • Jiří Melantrich (1511 - 19 November 1580) printer : 1560 - 1561
  • Monogrammist MS (fl. ca 1530 - ca 1550) printmaker attr. : 1532 - 1534
Places
  • Prague production place : 1560 - 1561
Design

Monogrammist MS (printmaker attr.), Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph (Lufft; Severin; Melantrich) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius)

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Hans Brosamer (printmaker), Potiphar's Wife Trying to Seduce Joseph (Gülfferich)
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Arresting Joseph (Iconclass: 71D135)
  • Peafowl, Peacock (Iconclass: 25F35(PEACOCK))
  • Potiphar's wife catching Joseph by his robe (Iconclass: 71D1331)
  • Potiphar's wife trying to seduce Joseph (Iconclass: 71D133)
Functional context

Genesis (Bible)

References
Matrices' graphic catalogue entries
  • Muczkowski: 7
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Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2022-10-01 14:14)

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-06-27 20:20)

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