Joseph and Potiphar's wife

P.M.

ca. 1567 · Silver, partly gilded · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The fine engraving on this set of plates (65.260.1–.12) depicts scenes from the Old Testament. The engraver, who must have been trained on the Continent, based his compositions on illustrations in a Concordance to the Bible, improvising where necessary to fill in the circular frame offered by the plates. The plates and a related piece engraved with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I must have been made as a gift to or from the queen herself.

Artist

P.M.

Date

ca. 1567

Medium

Silver, partly gilded

Culture

probably British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of C. Ruxton Love Jr., 1965