A pen and black ink drawing titled "Joseph Sold by His Brothers into Egypt," by Daniel Lindtmayer, 1574, showing the scene from Genesis in which Joseph's brothers sell him to a passing caravan bound for Egypt. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 1996.415, Drawings and Prints department, Purchase, Harry G. Sperling Fund, Edward Pearce Casey Fund, Van Day Truex Fund, Anne K. and E. Powis Jones Gift, and Anne and Jean Bonna Gift, 1996.
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The Met's own title for this drawing names the subject outright, "Joseph," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
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