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The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X

After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536)

Joseph before the Pharaoh c.1853-76

Albumen print | 11.0 x 31.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852791

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A photograph of a drawing attributed to G.F. Penni now in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.151). This composition is generally thought to have been frescoed in monochrome on the window-embrasures of the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

    Subject(s)
    Joseph(OT)
  • 11.0 x 31.5 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Bible & Holy Scripture
            • Old Testament
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza d'Eliodoro [Vatican Palace]
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.206 H.5