Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
Joseph's Cup discovered in Benjamin's sack of grain
c.1510-1555Engraving | 12.6 x 23.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850214
An engraving copying a print by Giulio Bonasone which in turn reproduces in reverse a drawing now in the Louvre, Paris (inv.no. 4258) depicting Joseph's Cup discovered in Benjamin's sack. This print is signed by the printmaker with his monogram, the attribution of the drawing to Raphael and publication details. See RCIN 850213 for the engraving by Bonasone.
The drawing in the Louvre is currently attributed to a member of Raphael's workshop and it has been suggested that the drawing is related to an unexecuted composition for the Raphael Logge, painted in the Vatican by Raphael's workshop (c.1517-1519). See Bibliographic References. See RCIN 850211 for a photograph of the Louvre drawing.
Creator(s)
Monogrammist P.V. (engraver)
After Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)
After a work by the school of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)
12.6 x 23.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 167, no. VII.3 (entry written by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
p.637, no. 1047 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))
