Joseph and Potiphar's wife
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 12 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (32.4 × 23 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession Number
51.501.2626
About the Artist
Carlo Maratti|Hieronymus Ferroni · 1625–1713
Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.