# Joseph and his Brothers [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MAULBERTSCH, Franz Anton]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 73 x 90,5 cm ## Commentary The painting and its companion-piece, Rebecca and Eliezer, are early works showing the influence of Troger and the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Pittoni. The stylistic features of his early work may be studied in this brilliantly coloured Biblical composition. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/mehul\_joseph.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Étienne Nicolas Méhul: Joseph, aria</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of the Alba]() - [Allegory on the Fate of Art]() - [Annunciation \(study\)]() - [Apotheosis of a Hungarian Saint]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Christ and God the Father]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Decoration of the Cupola \(detail\)]() - [Decoration of the Cupola]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()