# Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/murillo-bartolom-esteban-r2090ffefe35947>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 64 x 85 cm

## Commentary

This mature work is one of the rare paintings of Old Testament subject by Murillo. There is an &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/m/murillo/1/100muril.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/m/murillo/1/100muril.html&#34;&gt;earlier treatment&lt;/A&gt; of the subject by Murillo, now in Kassel. Although the overall setting recalls Murillo&#39;s earlier treatment, the mature work is rendered with the soft handling, fluent brushwork and light palette which characterises the artist’s work from the 1650s onwards. It is notable that this is one of very few depictions of nudes within Spanish painting of the 17th century, for at the time the doctrine of the Counter-Reformation was uncompromisingly enforced by the representatives of the Spanish Inquisition. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/mehul\_joseph.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Étienne Nicolas Méhul: Joseph, aria&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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## Attribution

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