Selling Joseph

Bronzino1549

Quirinale Palace
Rome, Italy

Jacob said to Joseph: Do you know that your brothers are grazing in Shechem? Come, I want to send you to them. "The brothers saw him from afar and, before he got close to them, they plotted to kill him. When Joseph arrived, his brothers stripped him of his tunic and threw him into the cistern. (Genesis 37.13, 18, 21-22, 23-24, 28)

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Title: Selling Joseph
Creator: Jan Rost tapestry factory on a Bronzino cartoon
Date Created: 1549
Type: Tapestry
Medium: Wool, silk and gold
Location in the Palace: Rome, Quirinale Palace

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