Artwork
Josef and Potifar's Wife
Josef and Potifar's Wife is a photography by Unknown. It dates from 1924 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Josef and Potifar's Wife, created in 1924 by 30276_person, is a photograph housed at the Museum of Ethnography. The image depicts a tense, intimate scene between two figures in a dimly lit room.
Subject & Meaning
The photograph captures a moment of apparent conflict between a naked woman, reaching upwards, and a clothed man leaning away, his face obscured. Their poses convey strain and evasion.
Technique & Style
The image employs a high-contrast, grainy aesthetic, utilizing chiaroscuro to amplify dramatic tension through stark shadows cast on the background wall.
History & Provenance
Created in 1924, the work is part of the collection at the Museum of Ethnography, though the artist's identity is specified only by the designation 30276_person.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
