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Pen and brown ink wash drawing of robed figures under trees, a standing man with a staff, a nude figure from behind, a palm tree and sheep.

Joseph Explaining His Dreams to His Brothers

A pen and brown ink and wash drawing shows seated men beneath trees at left, while a central standing figure in a long robe holds a staff, facing a nude figure from behind and companions on the right. A palm and a flock of sheep fill the landscape, with lead white adding pale highlights.

Artist
Raphael
Date
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, with incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1096 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1565).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection