Design for watchcase with scene of Joseph and Potiphar's wife

After VAUQUER Jean (Blois, 1621-1686).

Design for watchcase with scene of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, flanked by two vertical friezes of scrolls and putti for the decoration of the side of the watchcase.

Engraving, c. 1661-1726

119x175 mm.

Lettered "G. Valk ex:", "Cum Privil: 1".

Paper with watermark.

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Provenance: Georg Denzel collection. "G+W D" (Georg + Wilhelm Denzel) (not in Lugt) and F. Wendl (not in Lugt) collectors marks on verso.

Bibliography:

Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, p. 260.

Illustration to "Modèles d'ornement pour les montres illustrés de scènes bibliques" (Paris or Blois, c. 1676).