Border with Joseph Being Sold by His Brothers

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Border with Joseph Being Sold by His Brothers

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Flemish Illuminator · 1483–1561

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One of the most celebrated painters of Flanders in the 1500s, Simon Bening was hailed by Portuguese art critic Francisco da Hollanda as the greatest master of illumination in all of Europe. In addition to producing books for powerful aristocrats such as Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Bening worked for a group of international royal patrons including Emperor Charles V and Don Fernando, the Infan

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Date: about 1525–1530
Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf
Culture: Flemish
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

Passing merchants pull the young Joseph from the well into which his jealous brothers had thrown him to get rid of him. Though they mercifully free Joseph from the well, the merchants rescue him only to sell him into slavery. Laden camels wait nearby to transport him to Egypt. Simon Bening paired the story of Joseph's betrayal by his brothers with Judas's betrayal of Christ on the facing page.

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