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Joseph
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Joseph

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · 1550 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob. Joseph holds a bow. Next to him lies a sheep. To the left of Joseph stands the statue of Minerva who offers Joseph a statuette of the allegorical figure Victoria. All these attributes refer to Jacob's blessing of Joseph in Genesis 49. The print is part of a series on the twelve sons of Jacob and patriarchs of Israel and has a Dutch and Latin inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printJacob blesses his sonsVictoria as Roman personificationsheepJoseph (not in biblical context)
Credit lineJozef. 1550. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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