Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Tintoretto)

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife is a c. 1555 oil on canvas painting by Jacopo Tintoretto, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid.^[1] The story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife is from the Old Testament (Genesis 39:1–23).

It was bought with five other biblical paintings for Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez during his second visit to Venice. The viewpoint suggests that it could have adorned a ceiling.^[2] It is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.^[3]

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Paintings	The Siege of Asola (1544–1545) Madonna and Child with Saints (1545–1546) Esther Before Ahasuerus (1546–1547) Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet (c. 1548) Visitation (Bologna) (c. 1550) Cain and Abel (c. 1550) Adam and Eve (c. 1550) Portrait of Procurator Jacopo Soranzo (c. 1550) Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1555) Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (c. 1555) Presentation of the Virgin (c. 1551–1556) Leda and the Swan (c. 1550–1560) Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (1551–1554) Presentation at the Temple (1554–1556) Susanna and the Elders (1555–1556) Portrait of Queen Christina of Denmark (1555–1556) Saint George and the Dragon (1555 or 1558) The Deliverance of Arsinoe (c. 1560) Portrait of Alvise Cornaro (c. 1560–1565) Crucifixion (1565) Finding of the Body of Saint Mark (1562–1566) Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice (1562–1566) Portrait of Doge Pietro Loredan (c. 1567–1570) Danaë (c. 1570) Christ at the Sea of Galilee (1570s) The Origin of the Milky Way (1575–1580) Bacchus, Venus and Ariadne (1576–1577) The Muses (1578) Baptism of Christ (c. 1580) The Vision of Saint Nicholas (c. 1582) Il Paradiso (1588) Self Portrait (1588) Visitation (Venice) (c. 1588) Last Supper (1592–1594)
Painting series	Saint Mark series (1548 or 1562–1566) Miracle of the Slave Finding of the Body of Saint Mark Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice Fasti of the Gonzagas (1578–1580)
Related	Domenico Tintoretto (son) Marietta Robusti (daughter) Scuola Grande di San Rocco Judith and Holofernes (studio of Tintoretto) (c. 1577) (formerly attributed)

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Tintoretto)

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