''Joseph's Tunic'' is a 1630 painting by
Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptized June 6, 1599August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the ...
, now held in the museum of the Sacristía Mayor del
Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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). It was painted in the house of the Spanish ambassador in Rome and brought back to Spain with the painting ''
Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan''.
See also
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List of works by Diego Velázquez
This is a list of paintings and drawings by the 17th-century Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Velázquez is estimated to have produced between only 110 and 120 known canvases. Among these paintings, however, are many widely known and influential w ...
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Coat of many colors
In the Hebrew Bible, the coat of many colors ( he, כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים, ketonet passim) is the name for the garment that Joseph owned, which was given to him by his father, Jacob.
Biblical narrative
Joseph's father, Jacob (also c ...
External links
''Velázquez'' exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this painting (see index)
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Religious paintings by Diego Velázquez
1630 paintings
Paintings depicting Jacob
Dogs in art
Paintings in El Escorial