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Oil on canvas (on its original canvas) , 17th century French school, Atelier de Poussin , depicting Moses saved from the waters , after the famous painting conserved at the National Gallery in London, it represents the well-known biblical episode where Moses in his cradle is pulled from the waters of the Nile by Pharaoh's daughter, the fate of Moses far surpasses many of the Bible's characters. Promised death by Pharaoh's decision, he escapes by being deposited in a wicker basket by his mother on the Nils. Welcomed by Pharaoh's daughter, she raises him and names him Moses, meaning "saved from the waters". The work presented here is a workshop by Nicolas Poussin, a French school of the 17th century (1650/1660), which reproduces one of Poussin's famous compositions in a smaller format than the original (1.16 m/1.78m), this one 60/80 cm, with high quality details, fine rendering of color and composition.
This "beautiful" and "rare" painting is presented on its original canvas, in very good condition in a 19th-century frame.
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