# Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners' Dreams

- By: Govaert Flinck (Dutch, 1615-1660)
- Date: c. 1638
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 17.3 × 20.6 cm (6 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Holland
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27042)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/80829b4107c2276fe91ef2242046eb84.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0