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Zuleika c. 1907 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY |
Zuleika
(zoo-LAY-ka) is of Persian and indirectly biblical origins with the meaning:
"Brilliant Beauty".
Though the
name is never directly used in the bible, it appeared in later retellings of
the story of Joseph and is meant to be the wife of Joseph's employer "Potiphar" - the Captain of the Bodyguards to the
Pharaoh of Egypt. The Egyptian's... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent