Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners' Dreams
Govaert Flinck
c. 1638
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
17.3 × 20.6 cm (6 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27042
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
For many years, this drawing was believed to be by Rembrandt. Recent efforts to distinguish Rembrandt’s drawings from those of his pupils have led scholars to reattribute this work to Govert Flinck, who studied with Rembrandt in the 1630s and later achieved great critical and financial success. Here Flinck represented a scene from the life of Joseph, the Old Testament figure whose adventures inspired many drawings, paintings, and even plays in Rembrandt’s time.