MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian
(active 1262-1280 in Venice)

Second Joseph cupola, north narthex (detail)

1260-80
Mosaic
Basilica di San Marco, Venice

The Joseph story begins in the northwest corner of the narthex (1st Joseph cupola) and extends across two additional cupolas in the north narthex (2nd and 3rd Joseph cupola). The detail of the 2nd Joseph cupola shows the scene Pharaoh has his court baker imprisoned.




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