Moses Closing the Waters of the Red Sea over Pharaoh's Hosts

XVI century.
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The composition by Polidoro da Caravaggio is known from a number of drawn copies (Ravelli, 1978, pp. 224-225, nos. 273-277). Like the subject of the following drawing, Moses Closing the Waters of the Red Sea over Pharaoh´s Hosts is thought to reflect one of the scenes from a cycle of paintings of biblical stories that the artist carried out for a chapel in S. Eustachio, Rome (Ravelli, 1978, pp. 227-234), The decoration has been lost long since, but a number of copies after the compositions have been connected with it.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.360

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Inventory number: D001803
Author: Anonymous (Copy: Polidoro da Caravaggio)
Title: Moses Closing the Waters of the Red Sea over Pharaoh's Hosts
Date: XVI century
Dimension: Height: 176 mm; Width: 209 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 360.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 360.

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Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 2267.

Update date: 04-11-2021 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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