Pier Francesco Mola
Italian, 1612-1666
Joseph Greeting his Brothers
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Pier Francesco Mola
Italian, 1612-1666c. 1656
Joseph Greeting his Brothers
Pier Francesco Mola Italian, 1612-1666 →pen and ink drawingsprints and drawing
Date
c. 1656
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
Dimensions
14.1 × 22.5 cm (5 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Anne Searle Bent
This drawing is among the earliest of 16 preparatory works on paper that Pier Francesco Mola completed for his large-scale fresco in Rome’s Palazzo Quirinale. Unlike Mola’s later studies of the scene and the fresco itself, here Joseph is shown embracing his brother Benjamin. The piece is further distinguished by Mola’s inclusion of architectural and landscape elements in the background, in addition to his use of brown wash, a defining feature that sets the drawing apart from others done in pen or chalk.
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