Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Joseph, gouverneur d'Egypte // [Joseph, governor of Egypt].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 12/Normal/18th c./Artists P-R GA 2012.00284
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc3484zw25w
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1749.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1749
Extent
1 item ; sheet 38.9 x 23.8 cm.
References
Le Blanc III, p. 145, no. 1
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings
Inscribed in plate, lower margin: 'Par un Choix imprevu charge du Ministere, // Joseph fut pour l'Egypte, un Ange tutelaire // Le Ciel de tous ses dons se plut a le combler // Il fut Juste Prudent, rempli de Vigilance // Pur, desinteresse, Tel que l'on voit en France, // Le Sage qui devoit un jour lui ressembler. // J. Carmina Condidit'.
Signed in plate, lower left: "De Palmeus P. et f. invenierunt // 1749".
Signed in plate, lower right: "J.J. Pasquier sculpsit".
Item description: After a tapestry.
Depiction: Allegorical scene showing Joseph as governor of Egypt.

Discovery Information

Subject
Men in the Bible
Religious art
Joseph (Son of Jacob)—Art
Bible Genesis—Illustrations
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5bb8c483-d6cd-4b9b-a1db-509f58cccec3/manifest