Joseph Greeting his Brothers
Pier Francesco Mola
c. 1656
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
Dimensions
14.1 × 22.5 cm (5 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
201555
About the Artist
Pier Francesco Mola
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...