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1 of 253523 objects
Joseph tells his brothers his dream published 1649
Etching | 25.8 x 30.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853485
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A print after the fresco Joseph tells his brothers his dream painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the seventh bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 37) and attribution of the composition to Raphael. Signed with the engraver's monogram at lower right (see Nagler, IV, no.2360). Numbered on plate at lower right: 25. Trimmed within platemark. On watermarked paper. Faint squaring-up in red chalk. 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.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Etching
Measurements
25.8 x 30.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: The letters CATINAVD [centre]
watermark: Four-leaf clover [right]
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Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.219 B.XXV.1a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.87, no.VI.26 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.447, G16.27
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.61
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.123, p.165
Alternative title(s)
Persomnium uidi, fratres, consurgere manipulum meum, et stare uestros ~ / vidi Solem et Lunam. Stellas undecim adorare me. Gen.XXXVII.
