Joseph’s Blood-stained Coat Brought to Jacob

• Joseph's coat brought to Jacob
• Joseph’s Blood-stained Coat Brought to Jacob

RP-P-OB-77

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• signature: ‘Rembrant. van. Ryn. fe’

Joseph’s envious brothers wanted to be rid of him and sold him to merchants on their way to Egypt. They smeared his coat with goat’s blood and showed it to their father, Jacob. He recognized the coat and so believed that Joseph had been devoured by a wild animal. Rembrandt portrays Jacob’s anguish, while the sons point to the place where they found the garment.

Bartsch 38-1(2)

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: after design of Rembrandt van Rijn

c. 1633

ets

height 107 mm x width 81 mm

Public domain

• Bartsch 38-1(2)
• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 122-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 38-1(2)

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