Jozef legt aan Jakob zijn tweede droom uit

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Art Historical Context

**Jozef legt aan zijn tweede droom uit** (Joseph Explains His Second Dream to Jacob an engraving by Dutch artist Nicolaes de Bru from 1628, captures pivotal biblical moment from Genesis 37. In the scene, young Joseph recounts his prophetic dream—where the sun, moon, eleven stars bow to him—to father Jacob and brothers, foreshadowing his rise to power in Egypt. De Bruyn, a prolific engraver active in Antwerp the early Baroque period, specialized in reproductive prints that brought religious narratives to a wide audience, blending intricate detail with dramatic storytelling. Crafted as an engra...

About the Artist

Nicolaes de Bruyn · 1571–1656

Nicolaes de Bruyn was a Flemish printmaker born in Antwerp in 1571, active during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and known primarily for his large, elaborately detailed engravings of landscapes, hunting scenes, and biblical and mythological subjects. He trained in the tradition of Flemish reproductive engraving and was deeply influenced by the work of his contemporaries and pre...