Keywords: William de Brailes - Pharaoh's Wife Accuses Joseph (Genesis 39 -7-20) - Walters W10615R - Full Page.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator William de Brailes This image from Walters manuscript W 106 depicts a scene from the story of Joseph Joseph's brothers betrayed him and sold him to a group of Ishmaelites who then sold him in Egypt Joseph rose fast becoming Pharaoh's most trusted advisor Joseph handsome and successful refused the advances of Pharaoh's wife ca 1250 Medieval ink pigment parchment cm 13 2 9 5 accession number W 106 15R 31026 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore June 6 1903 by purchase see The Diaries of George Lucas Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 Translation below the image reads The wife of Pharaoh desires that Joseph be her lover and commanded him into her chamber Joseph said that this does not frighten him because he believed in God and she not at all and she did not fear treason to their Lord She cried out and said that Joseph stole her by force He was imprisoned; Transliteration Above les sergeanz pharaon ioseph la femm pharaon Transliteration Below la femme pharaon desira ioseph de estre seon ami e le mandi en sa chambre ioseph dist que ceo ne freit ker il cruet en deu e ele neant e ne freit treisun a sun seinur ele cria dist que ioseph la vole a forcer len le enprisuna Jewish Heroes in Christian Books The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 place of origin Oxford England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W106 - Bible Pictures by William de Brailes Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Joseph and Potiphar's wife Joseph in miniatures |