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Border with Joseph Being Sold by His Brothers
Simon Beningabout 1525 - 1530
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Passing merchants pull the young Joseph from the well into which his jealous brothers had thrown him to get rid of him. Though they mercifully free Joseph from the well, the merchants rescue him only to sell him into slavery. Laden camels wait nearby to transport him to Egypt. Simon Bening paired the story of Joseph's betrayal by his brothers with Judas's betrayal of Christ on the facing page.
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Details
- Title: Border with Joseph Being Sold by His Brothers
- Creator: Simon Bening
- Date Created: about 1525 - 1530
- Location Created: Bruges, Belgium
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 16.8 × 11.4 cm (6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.ML.115.94
- Culture: Flemish
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 19, fol. 94
- Creator Display Name: Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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