作品詳細

コレクションNo.

NGL002236

作品No.

NG6446

画像No.

N-6446-00-000013-A3

 

 

作品名

Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro

作品名欧文

Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro

 

 

作家名

Saraceni，Carlo

作家名欧文

Saraceni，Carlo

 

 

生没年

1579‐1620

 

 

制作年

1609-10

材質・形状

Oil on copper

寸法

28.5 x 35.3 cm

 

 

画像データ

20.8MB

解説

This painting probably dates from Saraceni's years in Rome and illustrates a subject from the Old Testament (Exodus 2: 15-22). The scene is set against a densely wooded landscape in the manner of Adam Elsheimer (see, for example, Elsheimer's Tobias and the Archangel Raphael/IGL781Moses fled to the land of Midian after having murdered an Egyptian. As he sat by a well the seven daughters of Jethro (also known as Reuel or Hobab), the priest of Midian, came to water their father's sheep. When shepherds tried to drive the women away, Moses came to their defence and watered the sheep himself. Jethro subsequently gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.