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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 scallop niche with angels, etching after 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

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