A pale-skinned woman sits in a pool of light against a deeply shadowed background in the bottom half of this vertical painting. She sits in the center of the composition, in a heavy wooden armchair next to a bed, which is flanked by two men. The woman wears a rose-pink, fur-trimmed robe draped over a white chemise. A pearl necklace and gold bracelets gleam at her throat and wrists, and her chestnut-brown hair is partially pulled up while curls fall to her shoulders. She looks to her left, our right, at a shadowy bearded man. He wears a turban wrapped in a gold chain, a cloak patterned with…
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife

painter Dutch 17th Century

Workshop of related artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669)

1655

Medium
oil on canvas transferred to canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 105.7 x 97.8 cm (41 5/8 x 38 1/2 in.) ; framed: 130.8 x 123.2 cm (51 1/2 x 48 1/2 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art

More by Dutch 17th Century

See all

More Baroque

See all