The Mother of Moses

The Mother of Moses

The Mother of Moses

Date1860 (first exhibited 1860; undated)
Artist (British painter, 1840–1905)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 19 7/8 in. (61 × 50.5 cm)
frame: 36 5/8 × 32 × 2 1/4 in. (93 × 81.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Robert Louis Isaacson, 1999
Object number1999-1
On View
On view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextSolomon was an important if unusual figure in the Victorian period. Jewish by descent, he was born into a family of painters. He often painted Old Testament subjects such as this one, taken from the life of Moses. Solomon has chosen an intimate moment, his mother shown caressing her child for the last time before she places him in the basket and sends him down the river to his destiny.

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