  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  Title
  Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dreams
  
  
  Artwork Date
  late 19th century
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  Samson Manufactory  (Artist)
  French, established 1845
  After Suzanne de Court  (Artist)
  French, 1580-1600
  
  
  
  Medium
  Polychrome with gilt and painted enamel
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 15 1/2 &Atilde;&#151; 15 11/16 &Atilde;&#151; 2 1/8 inches (39.3 &Atilde;&#151; 39.9 &Atilde;&#151; 5.4 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Enamel
  
  
  Department
  European Modern Art to 1970
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Sotheby's
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  1995.81
  
  
  Copyright
  Copyright Not Evaluated
  
  
  
