He holds up the cup found in a sack.
Bible in art · Genesis
The Silver Cup Discovered; Joseph Reveals His Identity to His Brothers (Ms. 33, fol. 53, from the Weltchronik)
Unknown painter, Regensburg · about 1400–1410
Getty Center, Los Angeles
The Regensburg Weltchronik, about 1400–1410, often puts two moments of a story side by side in one band.
At the left, the steward lifts a golden cup out of a sack while a young man in orange kneels and the brothers crowd round in alarm. At the right, behind a doorway, two men embrace — Joseph making himself known.
From the text
- The cup found in Benjamin’s sack (Genesis 44:12)
- Joseph throws his arms around Benjamin and weeps (Genesis 45:14)
The artist’s own
- A heaped golden cup instead of a silver one
- Two scenes divided by a painted door
Details
The steward
Benjamin
The young man in orange kneels.
The brothers
A crowd of brothers, some clutching their faces.
The embrace
At the right two men hold each other.
Unknown illuminator, Regensburg. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 53) · Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink · Images provided here are believed to be in the public domain and are available under CC0 through Getty’s Open Content Program. (Getty record: "No Copyright", http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)