Nicolas Beatrizetフランス, イタリア, 1515
Joseph Explaining his Dreams
作品について
Raphael’s fresco from the Vatican Loggia represents an Old Testament narrative from Genesis 37, in which Joseph, the youngest and favorite son of Jacob, ill-advisedly told his 11 brothers about his dreams: in the two hovering circles, 11 sheaves of wheat, representing the other brothers, bow down to Joseph’s sheaf; then even the sun, moon, and stars bow to Joseph. Joseph’s jealous siblings sold him into slavery in Egypt, where he impressed Pharaoh with the same prophetic gifts, saving the realm from a famine. Coming to Egypt to beg for food, Joseph’s impoverished brothers eventually bowed down to him as he had foreseen.
シカゴ美術館CC BY 4.0
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 1920.1988
カタログ収録
出典
- シカゴ美術館
- 画像： シカゴ美術館 — CC0
