Saint Joseph in a niche surrounded by a border of scallops, supported by angels. Etching by G.B. Vanni after A. Correggio.

  • Correggio, 1489?-1534.
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1600-1699
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34326i
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Saint Joseph in a niche surrounded by a border of scallops, supported by angels. Etching by G.B. Vanni after A. Correggio. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"One angel bears the lily, the flowering rod that confirmed Joseph as the Virgin's consort; another holds the palm fronds and dates of the miraculous meal eaten on the flight to Egypt; Joseph himself holds the staff with bundle and water-bottle he took on that flight"--Ekserdjian, op. cit., p. 412

Publication/Creation

In Roma (alla Pace) : Gio[vanni] Iacomo Rossi le stampa cum privil

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1 print : etching ; platemark 49 x 41.6 cm

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Lettering

Ant: Corr: inv: et pin: Parma Gio: B.ta Vanni inc:

Notes

Part of a series with details from the dome of the Cathedral of Parma

References note

The illustrated Bartsch 44 (20) pp 313-327
David Ekserdjian, 'Correggio in Parma Cathedral: not Thomas but Joseph', The Burlington magazine, 1986, 128: 412-415

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Wellcome Collection 34326i

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