This drawing is a design by Dutch painter Gerard Hoet (I) for a print by Joseph Mulder. This print is included in the book ‘Taferelen der voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe testament en andere boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift gevoegt, door de vermaarde kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart getekent, en van de beste meesters in koper gesneden’ by Pieter de Hondt in 1728. An edition of the book is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (inv. no. BdH Book FA 95 18066 (PK)). The print is depicted as plate 44 (Mozes uyt het water getogen) in the forty-third scene from the first book of Moses.
Exodus describes how Moses is found abandoned by his parents among the reeds of the Nile River, after Pharaoh announces he will drown all newborn Hebrew boys in the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter, while bathing with her maids in the Nile, finds Moses and decides to adopt him. Pictured is the moment just after Moses is found in his wicker cradle and he is surrounded by the daughter and her maidens. Top left, the Nile is personified as a river god with a reclining urn.
Specifications
| Title | Mozes Found by the Daughter of the Pharaoh, Design for a Print |
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| Material and technique | Pen and brush and black ink, grey wash |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 326 mm Width 210 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Gerard Hoet (I)
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| Accession number | GH 1 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1700-1705 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Grey wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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