Two Alcove Designs: Joseph Escaping Potiphar’s Wife and Judith Beheading Holofernes
date: label: Date
content: 1665
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Gérard Jollain the Elder, French, 1660 - 1683
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two half Biblical scenes with figures and beds in alcoves. To the left, Joseph escaping Potiphar’s wife within an alcove with a landscape tapestry in the background, and a curtain pulled back. The walls feature fluted pilasters, and leaf pattern moldings. To the right, Judith holding the head of Holofernes and placing it on a plate, held by a man. The body of Holofernes is lying on the canopy bed to the left. The interiors feature a tapestry, wave pattern molding, ornate paneling, and a statue of Hercules on a plinth. The plate is signed.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-341-41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.4 × 21.7 cm (5 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.4 × 21.9 cm (5 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)