Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream
Peter Cornelius
1816-1817
Physical Description
Medium: fresco with tempera
Dimensions: 236 x 290 cm
Production Description
Production Date: 1816-1817
Exhibition History:
Deutsche Romantik, Staatliche Museen, Nationalgalerie, Berlin,
1965
Provenance
Current Location: Staatliche Museen, Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Archival History: Reception room at the Casa Bartholdy, Rome; purchased as part of the room's
fresco cycle from Marianna Molinari Zuccari for 48,500 lire, on April 10, 1886, detached and moved to the
Staatliche Museen, Nationalgalerie, Berlin in October 1887
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
op147.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Cornelius was one of the most well-known of the German Nazarenes, whose brotherhood, the Lukasbund, was an important precedent of the PRB.
Bibliography