Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife
. He leans on the back of her chair, his hand closed, but his arm pointing in the same direction as the cloak . His other arm is on his hip directly above a sheathed sword . His overall stature and facial expression appears quizzical, as he ponders over the serious situation . The situation of course concerns the accusation his wife makes of the owner of the cloak . The lonely figure in the corner dressed in the drab olive green tunic stands silently listening to the woman, obviously the accused owner of this cloak . His maroon red sash with the keys reveals his importance to the household . Rembrandt clearly brought this "scene to life convincingly"(Schwartz 15) . For him to have accomplished this feat, he "had to give each figure an appropriate expression, pose, and costume"(Schwartz 15) . All this Rembrandt has done, leaving us with a tragic moment in biblical history captured beautifully in this awesome painting of Joseph accused by Potiphar's wife .