drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1854,0211.79
- Description
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Moses receiving the Tables of the Law, after a panel on the 'Gates of Paradise' bronze doors of the Baptistery of the Duomo, Florence, modelled by Lorenzo Ghiberti; in foreground group of figures, some
looking upwards and with arms outstretched above their heads, beyond at left row of tents, and at right hill with figure kneeling and covering face below summit, and Moses standing on it and receiving the Ten Commandments from God emerging from clouds and surrounded by angels
Pen and black ink, with brown wash
- Production date
- 1798 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 487 millimetres
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Width: 489 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This drawing is the design for an etching by Fedor, 1856-2-9-265.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,0211.79
