# Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Search for the Cup

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BACCHIACCA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 26 x 14 cm

## Commentary

This painting belongs to a series of six Scenes from the Story of Joseph painted by Bachiacca for the wedding chamber of the Florentine Pier Francesco Borgherini, who married Maddalena Acciaiuoli in 1515. Four of the six panels are in the Galleria Borghese, while the other two \(Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brethren and The Second Visit of His Brethren to Egypt\) are in the National Gallery in London.

## Related artworks

- [Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/baptism-of-christ-r24aa5bea9e220b>)
- [Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/baptism-of-christ-r768ac490cb71d5>)
- [Baptism of Christ with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/baptism-of-christ-with-saints-ra5621ab5a43815>)
- [Deposition](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/deposition-r33ca3115188674>)
- [Madonna with Child, St Elisabeth and the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/madonna-with-child-st-elisabeth-and-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r4609c1cc1fb687>)
- [Medici genealogy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/medici-genealogy-rd867aa2083a39c>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: Joseph Sold by His Brethren](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-joseph-sold-by-his-brethren-rf3fb24d3277e6b>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Arrest of His Brethren \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-arrest-of-his-brethren-detail-r99745ac4ecd192>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Arrest of His Brethren](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-arrest-of-his-brethren-r0273885cdc3355>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Discovery of the Stolen Cup \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-discovery-of-the-stolen-cup-detail-rf9eab5287d4c70>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Discovery of the Stolen Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-discovery-of-the-stolen-cup-rf69d8e31e8490c>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Search for the Cup \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-search-for-the-cup-detail-r7386fa0c80f3fb>)

## Attribution

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