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Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners' Dreams, c. 1638. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper · 17.3 × 20.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners' Dreams
- Artist
- Govaert Flinck Dutch, 1615-1660
- Date
- c. 1638
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 17.3 × 20.6 cm (6 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1615–1660
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

