Joseph and Potiphar's wife
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 13 11/16 × 13 9/16 in. (34.7 × 34.5 cm) Sheet: 18 11/16 × 15 1/2 in. (47.4 × 39.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.1852
About the Artist
Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl|Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl|Carlo Cignani · 1804–1877
Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl (1804–1877) was a Bavarian painter, lithographer, and pioneering photographer who became court photographer to the Royal Court of Bavaria. Born on March 1, 1804, in Baiernrain near Bad Tölz, Hanfstaengl initially pursued painting before recognizing the commercial and artistic potential of lithography and photography. His entrepreneurial spirit and technical innovation esta...