Jan Steen

Moses Striking Water from the Rock



Jan Steen - Moses Striking Water from the Rock



Jan Steen
Moses Striking Water from the Rock
c. 1648-53
53.8 x 43.9 cm
Oil on oak panel
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 8 info
Kirschenbaum 8
Braun 36

Collection catalogues
León Krempel, Holländische Gemälde im Städel 1550-1800, Petersberg, 2005, pp. 277-282

Literature
Ariane van Suchtelen, Jan Steen's histories, Zwolle; The Hague, 2018, p. 14, fig. 5


Iconclass

71E1263 Moses strikes the rock twice in front of the assembled people and water gushes out; the people quench their thirst

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As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
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Jan Steen The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son
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