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Joseph and Potiphar's wife

Cornelis Bloemaert (Dutch, 1603–1684)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 26 x 36 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 21.5 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB493
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné LeBlanc 1
Signed signed
Marks Verso, Lugt 207 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Babcock Bequest) and in black ink: 493
InscriptionsIn plate, beneath image: Haec non vos moveat lascivo foemina vultu,/ Quae faedo tantum flagrat adulterio. / Sed Joseph potius, casto qui Spectore firmus,/ Tam molles potis est vincerre blandith
In plate, l.l.: Blanchard inven et pinxit
In plate, l.r.: Corneli Bloemart sculp/cum privil Regis Christ.
In grahpite, verso, b.c.: Jospeh and Potiphar's Wife/ LeBl. I, 374, after 1st state