St. Joseph', by Rogier Van der Weyden, c1445. This fragment was sawn out of the same large altarpiece as the Mary Magdalene in the National Gallery, London. The aged Joseph stood behind the Magdalene; the lower part of his body can still be seen in the fragment. The exterior of the building in which the scene took place was richly ornamented with Gothic decoration, like a church. From the collection of the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.

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