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Etching of a bearded elderly man in a fan-shaped niche with rays, surrounded by nude figures and clouds below.

Saint Joseph in a niche surrounded by a border of scallops, supported by angels. Etching by G.B. Vanni after A. Correggio.

An etching showing a bearded elderly man seated at the top of a fan-shaped scallop niche with radiating rays, surrounded by youthful figures and billowing clouds. Fine engraved hatching shapes the draped robes, the muscular nude bodies of the figures, and the cloud masses below.

Artist
Antonio da Correggio
Date
1600-1699
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3435 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1699.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: San José en nicho de conchas con ángeles, grabado según Correggio

Un grabado que muestra a un hombre barbado de edad avanzada sentado en la parte superior de un nicho en forma de abanico con rayos que irradian. Lo rodean figuras jóvenes y nubes abultadas. El grabado en líneas finas modela los ropajes drapeados, los cuerpos desnudos y musculosos de las figuras y las masas de nubes de abajo.

Português: São José em nicho de conchas com anjos, gravura após Correggio

Uma gravura que mostra um homem barbudo e idoso sentado no topo de um nicho em forma de leque, com raios que se irradiam. Figuras jovens e nuvens volumosas o cercam. A hachura gravada em linhas finas modela as vestes drapeadas, os corpos nus e musculosos das figuras e as massas de nuvens abaixo.

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