Jan Steen

Moses Striking the Rock for Water



Jan Steen - Moses Striking the Rock for Water



Jan Steen
Moses Striking the Rock for Water
c. 1671
95 x 100 cm
Oil on canvas
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
John G. Johnson Collection


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 9 info
Kirschenbaum 9

Literature
Ariane van Suchtelen, Jan Steen's histories, Zwolle; The Hague, 2018, p. 14, fig. 6, p. 92, fig. 4b


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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