Original copper engraving of Joseph fleeing from Potiphar's wife, who holds him back by his cloak beside the bed: the scene is built on two strongly twisting figures among draperies. Below, the verse "Apprehensa lacinia vestimenti dixit hera: dormi mecum...", Genesis XXXIX.
Original copper engraving of Joseph fleeing from Potiphar's wife, who holds him back by his cloak beside the bed: the scene is built on two strongly twisting figures among draperies. Below, the verse "Apprehensa lacinia vestimenti dixit hera: dormi mecum...", Genesis XXXIX.
Drawn and engraved by Cesare Fantetti after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggias, and published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi about 1675. It carries the number 27 of the series.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Raphael, after the frescoes of the Vatican Loggias
Engraver / lithographer: Cesare Fantetti
Source: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome, about 1675
Date: About 1675
Dimensions: 18.9 x 14.4 in (48 x 36.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; clean, well-contrasted impression, the paper with overall toning and slightly frayed edges along the left margin.