Live auction - Lot 64
[French school]
Joseph as Vizier meeting his brothers.
Ca. 1560-1650
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 61 cm, unsigned (some surface cracks, sm. losses of paint at edges).
No frame.
The painting depicts the scene from the Old Testament (Genesis, 42-43) where Joseph receives his half-brothers as Vizier of Egypt. In the background the sacks of his half-brothers which were filled with grain before they were sent back to Canaan. The scenes are set in a Late Medieval cityscape, surrounded by fortified walls and towers. The style is reminiscent of that of a small number French painters working during the late 1500s and early 1600s, such as Antoine Caron.