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ID: 901000526
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000526
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Abrahamic religion narrative)

Note: Story in the Book of Genesis: After the young Joseph's jealous brothers sold him into slavery, Potiphar, captain of the Pharaoh's guard, purchased him as a household slave. Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him, he resisted, but she lied about what happened and Joseph was thrown into prison.

Names:
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Abrahamic religion narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament narratives> (P)
............Life of Joseph, son of Jacob (Abrahamic religion narrative) (I)
................Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Abrahamic religion narrative) (P)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Joseph, son of Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000525]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Abrahamic religion narrative)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71D133 Potiphar's wife trying to seduce Joseph, and related headings
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/867/guido-reni-joseph-and-potiphar's-wife-italian-about-1630/

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