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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

NICOLAS CHAPERON (1612-C.1656)

Joseph sold by his brothers

published 1649

Etching | 24.0 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853493

A print after the fresco 'Joseph sold by his brothers' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the seventh bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Trimmed within platemark. Remants of blue paper backing adhered to the verso. Not included in Ruland (1876).

This print is from a series which was first issued in 'Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphael Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa', Rome, 1649.
  • Creator(s)

    Nicolas Chaperon (1612-c.1656) (etcher)

    After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • No 26

  • 24.0 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Bible & Holy Scripture
            • Old Testament
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.87, no.VI.26 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
    p.447, G16.28 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
    fig.62 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
    pl.124, p.166 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)