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Etching of a young man pulling away from a nude woman on a canopied bed, who holds his cloak; dark hatched shadows and a bedpost at right.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

An etching of a young man in a short tunic pulling free from a reclining woman on a canopied bed, who grips his cloak. Her bare back is lit against dark cross-hatched shadows, with a bedpost at right, matching the record's Joseph and Potiphar's wife.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1634
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 3075 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1634; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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