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The Death of St. Joseph

1766
Not on view
"The History of Joseph the Carpenter" (Chapter XIX), one of the books of the Apocrypha describes this subject. Jesus as narrator is recorded as saying: "My undefiled mother Mary, therefore, went and entered the place where Joseph was. And I was sitting at his feet looking at him, for the signs of death already appeared in his countenance."
When in Sir Robert Walpole's collection the painting that this engraving reproduces was attributed to Velasquez and highly valued. Now, the painter is thought to be Alonso Cano, active in Madrid ca, 1646-52.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Death of St. Joseph
  • Artist: After Alonso Cano (Spanish, Granada 1601–1667 Granada)
  • Artist: Formerly thought to be after Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, Seville 1599–1660 Madrid)
  • Engraver: Alexander Bannerman (British, born Cambridge ca. 1730, active through 1792)
  • Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
  • Date: 1766
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 14 15/16 in. (28 x 38 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.62.49v
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"], Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford British, Etching, engraving, pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor
Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"]
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
1550–early 20th century
Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory, Alonso Cano Spanish, Pen and dark brown ink over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined in black chalk, and in dark brown ink (seeped onto sheet from the outlines on the secondary paper support. On off-white paper
Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory
Alonso Cano
1601–67
St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching, Alonso Cano Spanish, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on buff paper (somewhat darkened)
St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching
Alonso Cano
1665
Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints, Alonso Cano Spanish, Pen and medium brown ink over traces of black chalk underdrawing on cream paper. Lightly foxed. Composition outlined with pen and medium brown ink. Lined with a strip of paper showing at bottom
Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints
Alonso Cano
1601–67
Madonna and Child [?], Alonso Cano Spanish, Pen and dark brown ink on tan paper. Paper cut in an oval shape
Madonna and Child [?]
Alonso Cano
n.d.

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