Joseph's Brothers beg for Help

Joseph's Brothers beg for Help

Artist: Pontormo (Italian, 1494 - 1557)

Original Dimensions: 14 1/4" x 56 1/8"

Location: National Gallery of Art, London

About Artwork: (About 1515) "This picture was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of Pierfrancesco Borgherini to Margherita Accaiuoli in 1515. It formed part of a series that decorated their bedroom in the Borgherini palace in Florence. Several paintings by Pontormo and Bacchiacca from the series are now in the National Gallery’s collection. Joseph’s half-brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. In this episode, the brothers arrive from Canaan (Palestine) to beg for help in the second year of famine (Genesis 42: 1–8). Not recognising their long-lost brother, the brothers prostrate themselves before Joseph, who is now Pharaoh’s overseer and sits in command on a classical triumphal chariot. On the right, grain is distributed from Pharaoh’s stores. The inscriptions on the chariot allude to Christ’s title of Salvator Mundi (‘Saviour of the World’). Joseph has saved the Egyptians from starvation. A parallel was often made between the lives of Joseph and Christ." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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