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Joseph and Potiphar's wife
Painter: Reni, Guido
History note: Cardinal Giovanni Carlo, Prince of Florence; (?) Senatore Cospi; Costaguti Collection, Rome; bt. Gavin Hamilton, for Lord Leicester, in 1759; by descent to Viscount Coke
Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government from Holkham Hall and allocated throught the Museums and Galleries Commission to the Fitzwilliam Museum to be kept in situ at Holkham Hall
Height: 220 cm
Width: 188 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1993) by H.M. Government
1625 - 1626
Support composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.53-1993
Primary reference Number: 1027
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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