Joseph Explaining His Dreams before the Pharoah

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Joseph Explaining His Dreams before the Pharoah

1837-1838

Samuel Amsler (German (born Switzerland), 1791–1849) After a drawing for a fresco by Peter von Cornelius (German, 1783–1867) Published by the Hannoverscher Kunstverein , Hanover

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Object Details

Titles:

Joseph Explaining His Dreams before the Pharoah
Membership print of the Hannoversche Kunstverein for the year 1837/38

Date:

1837-1838

Artists:

Samuel Amsler (German (born Switzerland), 1791–1849) After a drawing for a fresco by Peter von Cornelius (German, 1783–1867) Published by the Hannoverscher Kunstverein , Hanover

Medium:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 16 9/16 x 21 7/16 inches (42 x 54.4 cm) Sheet: 18 1/4 x 21 7/16 inches (46.4 x 54.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-19662

Geography:

Made in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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