Antique Painting Moses Brings Water From The Rock XVII Century Original

Oil on canvas. Late 17th-century French school.
The painting is inspired by the one created by Nicolas Poussin around 1635, now in storage at the National Gallery in Edinburgh; however, compared to that work, ours features numerous variations and is much smaller (the entire right side of Poussin’s scene—rich in figures in the foreground and background—has been omitted).
The subject depicts a biblical episode from the Book of Exodus: the people of Egypt were wandering through the Sinai Desert and had no water; God then commanded Moses to take his staff, gather the elders, and strike the rock at Horeb in front of the people: from it sprang a spring of water, from which the entire people were able to quench their thirst.
The painting on display has undergone restoration and re-gilding in the past.
It is presented in a late 19th-century frame.
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