1651 / 1675, United Kingdom
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1651 / 1675, United Kingdom
- Identifier
- 39.13.3a–k
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1939
- Collection
- Material
- Technique
- Depiction
- Floral motif 47%
- Floral motif 50%
- Floral motif 54%
- Floral motif 65%
- Floral motif 54%
- Floral motif 54%
- Floral motif 40%
- Floral motif 42%
- Floral motif 71%
- Floral motif 43%
- Floral motif 47%
- Vegetal motif 41%
- Geometrical motif 55%
- Geometrical motif 52%
- Floral motif 47%
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, illustrations of biblical stories served as didactic examples of moral behavior. The life of Joseph might represent love of the family while individual episodes could be interpreted differently. The rejection of Potiphar’s wife (on the back), for instance, may signify chastity, an important female virtue.
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