Joseph Sold into Slavery, 1783

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series Title

Prints engraved in chiaroscuro after original drawings

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut in gray and black from three blocks on old mount

Dimensions

image: 21.4 x 28.7 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
mount: 34.2 x 40.2 cm (13 7/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Nagler no. 16

Accession Number

2009.73.3

Artists / Makers

John Skippe (artist) British, 1742 - 1812

Raphael (artist after) Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in block: R. d Urbino / JS Scul / 1783; on second sheet: Joanni Lane de Hospitio Lincoln Arm: hoc observantiae pignus, prout Amico debitum / praestantissimo, libenter J. Skippe

Bibliography

1835: Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 16.