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| Keywords: Italian - Saint Joseph - Walters 371826.jpg This painting of Jesus' foster father is a study of the head of a bearded balding man The shadows of the face call attention to the underlying bone structure and enhance the sense of his old age His biblical identity is indicated by his staff Joseph was chosen from among Mary's suitors when his staff miraculously began to flower Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 422 532-533 ca 1750 1800 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 52 3 40 9 accession number 37 1826 14085 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome 1881 catalogue no 157 1897 catalogue no 318 as by Pompeo Battoni Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
