Vatican Frescoes
SCHOOL OF MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
Joseph addresses his brothers
dated 1540Engraving | 18.0 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853673
An engraving reproducing, in reverse, the almost entirely destroyed fresco 'Joseph addresses his brothers' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the basamento of the seventh bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Dated at bottom right. Trimmed to platemark. On watermarked paper (possibly close to Briquet 4961).
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.
Creator(s)
School of Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
[illegible]33 3/-
Crown (close to Briquet 4961?)
18.0 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
fig.65 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pp.173-194 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
