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The Finding of Moses
Gesina ter Borch, c. 1655 - c. 1656
This is a rare history scene in Gesina ter Borch’s oeuvre. Depicted is the infant Moses being rescued from the Nile by the Pharaoh’s daughter and her maids. With her characteristic attention to human gestures, facial expressions and costume Ter Borch here created a dynamic composition. In the watercolour drawing based on it in her Konstboek (Art Book), she enlarged the figures and omitted the one at the back.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1188
- Dimensionsheight 122 mm x width 134 mm
- Physical characteristicsrood krijt over sporen van zwart krijt, omlijsting in potlood; blad is gevlekt en meerdere malen gevouwen