This painting is part of the group: Two Scenes from the Story of Moses
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During the exodus from Egypt, the Red Sea parted for the fleeing Israelites, and closed again to drown Pharaoh's pursuing army. Miriam and other Israelite women danced to celebrate this escape. Old Testament (Exodus 15: 20-21). Moses is in the foreground to the right.
Both this painting and 'The Isrealites gathering Manna' are probably two of the eight Old Testament pictures by Costa which were recorded in the ducal collections in Mantua in 1665.
This painting is the first in the narrative.
Both this painting and 'The Isrealites gathering Manna' are probably two of the eight Old Testament pictures by Costa which were recorded in the ducal collections in Mantua in 1665.
This painting is the first in the narrative.
Other paintings in this group: Two Scenes from the Story of Moses
Lorenzo Costa
after 1508
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