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Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700)
Joseph addresses his brothers published 1675
Etching | 7.5 x 22.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853672
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An etching by Pietro Santi Bartoli 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. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 45) and with attribution of the composition to Raphael. Signed by Bartoli at lower left and numbered on plate at lower right: 7. Trimmed on all sides. Published in Imagines veteris ac novi Testamenti in Vaticani Palatii (1675).
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
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7.5 x 22.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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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.112, no.XVIII.7 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino)
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.65
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.173-194
Alternative title(s)
Ego sum Joseph frater uester quem uendidistis in ægitto Nolite pavere. Genesis cap.45
