Mozes met de tafelen der wet, Domenico Fontana, after Parmigianino, 1644

Title(s)

Mozes met de tafelen der wet (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2017-6079

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Mozes gezeten op een voetstuk houdt de twee wetstafelen boven zijn hoofd, klaar om ze te breken. Van zijn hoofd komen de twee stralen licht.

Artist

• print maker: Domenico Fontana (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Parmigianino (mentioned on object)

Place

Parma (stad) (possibly)

Dating

1644

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 373 mm × width 270 mm

What

• Moses comes down with the new tablets and is awaited by Aaron and the assembled people, who notice that 'his face is shining' (Moses' face is depicted with rays of light or with horns)
• on seeing the idolaters Moses breaks the tables of the law

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 13-Jul-2017

Copyright

Public domain

• Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, G.K. Nagler, dl. 6, p. 71