R13548: Joseph Telling His Dream ('Joseph Explains Pharaoh's Dream')

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R13548

People

Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
After Chrispijn van den Broeck, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1524 - 1590/91 Antwerp)

Title

Joseph Telling His Dream ('Joseph Explains Pharaoh's Dream')

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Scenes from Genesis (series of 8)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c.1581

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/239415

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

24.7 × 18 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, bottom: Fratribus est odio, quouiam sua somnia narrat/ Ioseph, externis venditus in famulum./ Nulla tamen, quamuis aduersa, pericula cas to/ Corde dei infragilem deposuere metum~~~
• inscription: in image, l.r.: E[duard]. hoes[winkel] ex.
• inscription: cartouche, bottom, graphite: Gen. 37.6.
• watermark: top: 'P' with quatrefoil finial

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

only state

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 10-17, New Hollstein I.13.12

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R13548

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

in medallions at top, left: Joseph in the pit [Gen. 37:20-24], center: Jacob's dream [Gen. 28:10-22], right: Jacob and Rachel [Gen. 29:15-30]

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