Joseph and Potiphar's Wife | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.328
People: Richard Cosway, British (Tiverton, England 1742 - 1821 London, England)
Title: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1805-1815
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/312183

Location

Location: Level 2, Room 2220, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, Rococo and Neoclassicism in the Eighteenth Century

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Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions

13.5 x 21.1 cm (5 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: mount, bottom right, black ink: Original drawing by Richard Cosway, RA
inscription: lower left corner, graphite: A20738A

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London.
Mrs. Eric Schroeder, Milton, MA, gift to HUAM, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Margaret F. Schroeder
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: 1999.328
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/03/2025 - 07/21/2025

Verification Level

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1999.328: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife