Artwork
Finding of Moses
Finding of Moses is an oil painting by the Early Baroque Italian artist Unknown. It dates from 1550 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
As a piece of religious art created in 1550, the painting illustrates this specific episode where the royal family encounters the child hidden among the reeds.
The work depicts the biblical narrative of the Finding of Moses, a story from the Book of Exodus where the infant Hebrew prophet is discovered by Pharaoh's daughter in the Nile. As a piece of religious art created in 1550, the painting illustrates this specific episode where the royal family encounters the child hidden among the reeds. The subject serves as a foundational moment in the life of Moses, representing his rescue from persecution and his eventual adoption into the Egyptian royal house. This iconography highlights themes of divine providence and the protection of the chosen leader during his infancy.
Technique & Style
The Finding of Moses is executed in oil paint on panel, a support typical of mid-sixteenth-century Northern European devotional painting. According to the catalogue record, the work is classified as a painting and dated to 1550.
The panel measures 48 cm in height and 63.5 cm in width, giving it a horizontal format suited to a multi-figure narrative scene. Its religious subject places it within the iconographic tradition of biblical history painting produced in the period.
No information is available in the sources regarding the work's specific stylistic handling, brushwork, condition, or state of conservation.
Overview
The 'Finding of Moses' is an oil painting depicting a scene from biblical narrative. It features figures in a landscape with a town and river in the background.
Artist & collection
