Creative Commons License
Joseph Thrown into a Pit
(Baroque Europe )
Joseph, one of the biblical patriarch Jacob's twelve sons, was thrown into a pit by his brothers, who resented their father's favoritism towards him. Although they sold him into slavery, he rose to become master of Egypt (Genesis 37).
Rembrandt's dramatic, shadow--filled interpretation of biblical subjects--reflected in the "Vision of Cornelius the Centurion" by his pupil Eeckhout-was not the only approach popular in Amsterdam. David Colyn, who signed and dated this picture, offers us a daylight scene with details of rural life that is closer to the imagery of contemporary landscape painting.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Judge and Mrs. Jacob M. Moses, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1966, by gift.
Geographies
Netherlands, Amsterdam (Place of Origin)
Measurements
20 1/8 x 27 15/16 in. (51.1 x 71 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Judge and Mrs. Jacob M. Moses, 1966
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2434