To escape Pharaohs order to kill Israelite boys Moses was placed in an ark of bullrushes upon the Nile. Here he is discovered by Pharaoh's daughter (in yellow) who is attended by her maidens and by the baby's sister Miriam (in white) who cradles the child. Painted in 1651 for Monsieur Reynon , a silk merchant in Lyon, this is the grandest and of Poussin's three versions of the subject. The other two are in the Louvre, Paris.
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Wednesday, 7 November 2012
' The Finding of Moses ' Nicolas Poussin. French (1594-1665) Oil on canvas , circa 1651. The National Gallery, London.
To escape Pharaohs order to kill Israelite boys Moses was placed in an ark of bullrushes upon the Nile. Here he is discovered by Pharaoh's daughter (in yellow) who is attended by her maidens and by the baby's sister Miriam (in white) who cradles the child. Painted in 1651 for Monsieur Reynon , a silk merchant in Lyon, this is the grandest and of Poussin's three versions of the subject. The other two are in the Louvre, Paris.
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