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JOHANNES VOORHOUT (1647 – 1723): JOSEPH AND PUTIPHAR'S WIFE.
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IN STOCKOil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left "I. Voorhout 1706".
Dutch school.
XVIIIth century.
Dimensions with frame: 136 x 116 cm. Dimensions without frame: 106 x 90 cm.
The subject is a biblical scene (Genesis 39:1-20) relating the story of the wife of Potiphar, the officer of Pharaoh, wanting to seduce Joseph.
The biblical story features Joseph (son of Jacob), sold as a slave in Egypt, where his master is an officer of Pharaoh named Potiphar. But Potiphar's wife tries to seduce Joseph, who rejects her advances. She then accuses him of trying to rape her. Potiphar, who takes her word for it, has Joseph imprisoned. He will remain in prison for two years, until Pharaoh recognizes his value and gives him command of Egypt.
Johannes Voorhout (Uithoorn, November 11, 1647 – Amsterdam, May 12, 1723) is a Dutch painter active in Amsterdam. He specializes in history painting, mythological compositions, religious subjects, genre scenes and portraits.
Johannes Voorhout painted a large equestrian portrait of William III for Dirck Clant of Groningen, the lord of Hanckemaborg Castle, where the canvas was exhibited before being kept in the Groningen Museum.
Voorhout's works are kept in museums in Amsterdam, Brunswick, Dessau, Hanover, Rotterdam Stockholm and even Utrecht.
Bibliography: E. Bénézit, 1999, volume 14, p. 341
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left "I. Voorhout 1706".
Dutch school.
XVIIIth century.
Dimensions with frame. : 136 x 116cm. Dimensions without frame: 106 x 90 cm.
The subject is a biblical scene (Genesis 39:1-20) relating the story of the wife of Potiphar, the officer of Pharaoh, wanting to seduce Joseph.
The biblical story features Joseph (son of Jacob), sold as a slave in Egypt, where his master is an officer of Pharaoh named Potiphar. But Potiphar's wife tries to seduce Joseph, who rejects her advances. She then accuses him of trying to rape her. Potiphar, who takes her word for it, has Joseph imprisoned. He will remain in prison for two years, until Pharaoh recognizes his value and gives him command of Egypt.
Johannes Voorhout (Uithoorn, November 11, 1647 – Amsterdam, May 12, 1723) is a Dutch painter active in Amsterdam. He specializes in history painting, mythological compositions, religious subjects, genre scenes and portraits.
Johannes Voorhout painted a large equestrian portrait of William III for Dirck Clant of Groningen, the lord of Hanckemaborg Castle, where the canvas was exhibited before being kept in the Groningen Museum.
Voorhout's works are kept in museums in Amsterdam, Brunswick, Dessau, Hanover, Rotterdam Stockholm and even Utrecht.
Bibliography: E. Bénézit, 1999, volume 14, p. 341
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