Search results

Start typing

This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.
FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (1504-1570)

Joseph sold by his brothers to the Ishmaelite merchants(?)

c.1541-6

RCIN 905094

Primaticcio was one of several major Italian artists who worked at the French court at Fontainebleau, which thus became an outpost of the Italian Renaissance. This study for a lost painting may depict the Old Testament story of the sale of Joseph by his brothers to Ishmaelite merchants. The bearded man to the left reaches inside his cloak for a purse, and one youth holds a chain as if evaluating its weight. The coffer at lower right seems to give forth a trousered leg, presumably of the bound Joseph. No. 43

    The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.