Cuthbert healing the wife of Hildemaer from BL YT 26, f. 33v
Miniature of Cuthbert healing the wife of Hildmaer, who was beset by demons, from Chapter 15 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 33v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ec... more
Healing of a gesith's wife from BL YT 26, f. 58v
Miniature of a priest ministering to the dying wife of a gesith with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, which heals her instantly, from Chapter 29 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 58v of Pr... more
Muhammad's wife 'Â'ishah gives her husband information on people with ...
Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.
Samson recovering his wife from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 45v
Detail of a lower register miniature of Samson recovering his wife. Image taken from f. 45v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions.
Job, his wife and friends from BL Royal 17 E VII, f. 186v
Detail of a miniature of Job, his wife, and his friends. Image taken from f. 186v of La Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms). Written in French.
Capture of Candaculus' wife from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 67v
Detail of a miniature of the capture of Candaculus' wife. Image taken from f. 67v of Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre). Written in French.
Restoration of Candaculus' wife from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 68v
Detail of a miniature of a city being captured and Candaculus' wife being restored. Image taken from f. 68v of Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(in... more
Candacalus being robbed of his wife; Alexander rescuing her from BL Ro...
Miniature of Candacalus being robbed of his wife; miniature of Alexander rescuing her. Image taken from f. 19 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.
Candacalus being robbed of his wife; Alexander rescuing her from BL Ro...
Detail of a miniature of Candacalus being robbed of his wife; miniature of Alexander rescuing her. Image taken from f. 19 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.
Agathocles and the wife of Damas from BL Royal 14 E V, f. 207
Detail of a miniature of Agathocles and the wife of Damas. Image taken from f. 207 of De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes). Written in French.
Annia Galeria Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius
Medalist: Giovanni del Cavino (1500–1570)
Potiphar's Wife Acuses Joseph
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden)
Potiphar's Wife Acuses Joseph
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden)
Potiphar's Wife Acuses Joseph
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden)
Joseph fleeing from Potiphar's wife
Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
Margaret More (1505–1544), Wife of William Roper
Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Joseph strides away from Potiphar's wife, who clutches his cloak with ...
Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig)
Costume Plate: Wife of a Warrior from Germany
Reverse copy after Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara)
Crudens strangling his wife from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 76
Detail of a miniature of Crudens, having strangled his brother and his son, strangling his wife. Image taken from f. 76 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu. Written in French.
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his...
Aegidius Sadeler II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague)
Potiphar's Wife Accuses Joseph (copy)
Clement de Jonghe (Dutch, Brunsbüttel (Landkreis Dithmarschen) 1624/1625–1677 Amsterdam)
Crudens strangling his wife from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 76
Miniature of Crudens, having strangled his brother and his son, strangling his wife; miniature of Joseph of Arimathea supervising the digging of a grave for Symen. Image taken from f. 76 of Estoire del Saint Gr... more
![Fleuron from "[A Pleasant conceited Comedie, Wherein is shewed how a man may chuse a good Wife from a bad. As it hath bene sundry times acted by the Earle of Worcesters Seruants. [Attributed in a MS. note on the titlepage to Joshua Cooke.]]"](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1605/12/31/fleuron-from-a-pleasant-conceited-comedie-wherein-is-shewed-how-a-man-may-chuse-b61b4c-640.jpg "Fleuron from \"[A Pleasant conceited Comedie, Wherein is shewed how a man may chuse a good Wife from a bad. As it hath bene sundry times acted by the Earle of Worcesters Seruants. [Attributed in a MS. note on the titlepage to Joshua Cooke.]]\"")
Fleuron from "[A Pleasant conceited Comedie, Wherein is shewed how a m...
This image has been taken from scan 000090 from "[A Pleasant conceited Comedie, Wherein is shewed how a man may chuse a good Wife from a bad. As it hath bene sundry times acted by the Earle of Worcesters Seruan... more
Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph Before her Husband
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Virginia da Vezzo, Wife of Simon Vouet
Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)
![[Rembrandt and his wife Saskia] / Rembrandt.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1636/01/01/rembrandt-and-his-wife-saskia-rembrandt-640.jpg "[Rembrandt and his wife Saskia] / Rembrandt.")
Margaretha van Clootwijk (born about 1580/81, died 1662), Wife of Jaco...
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (Netherlandish, Delft 1567–1641 Delft)
Panthea, Wife of Abradates, Stabs herself
Edward Francis Burney (British, Worcester 1760–1848 London)
"The Falcon Plucks out the Eyes of the Falconer for Bearing False Witn...
Attributed to Egypt or Syria