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Joseph Recognized by His Brothers by Gerard de Lairesse — VisualArtsDB

Joseph Recognized by His Brothers

Joseph Recognized by His Brothers

Gerard de Lairesse

1660–1711

Medium: Black chalk on brown wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 42.6 × 53.1 cm (16 13/16 × 20 15/16 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)wove paper

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