The Trials of Moses

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The Trials of Moses is a Renaissance fresco by Sandro Botticelli depicting key episodes from the biblical life of Moses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
artHistoricalContext Quattrocento Italian art ⓘ
linked to: Quattrocento art
artist Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
artworkType wall painting ⓘ
associatedWith Florentine painters in Rome ⓘ
basedOn Book of Exodus ⓘ
colorPalette tempera and fresco pigments typical of the 15th century ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Sixtus IV ⓘ
commissionedFor decoration of the papal chapel ⓘ
completionDate 1482 ⓘ
country Vatican City ⓘ
creator Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
creatorNationality Italian ⓘ
depicts Moses ⓘ
Moses defending Jethro’s daughters ⓘ
Moses killing the Egyptian ⓘ
Moses leading the Israelites ⓘ
Moses receiving the Call from God ⓘ
Moses removing his sandals before the burning bush ⓘ
Moses watering the flock of Jethro ⓘ
Old Testament narrative ⓘ
episodes from the life of Moses ⓘ
exhibitedAt Sistine Chapel ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasPart multiple narrative scenes in a single pictorial field ⓘ
hasPerspective linear perspective typical of Renaissance art ⓘ
hasStyle Early Renaissance ⓘ
iconographicCycle parallel lives of Moses and Christ in the Sistine Chapel decoration ⓘ
inception 1481 ⓘ
languageOfWork none (visual artwork) ⓘ
locatedIn Vatican City ⓘ
locatedOn north wall of the Sistine Chapel ⓘ
location Sistine Chapel ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique ⓘ
movement Italian Renaissance ⓘ
partOf Sistine Chapel wall decoration cycle ⓘ
linked to: Sistine Chapel
positionInSeries one of the Old Testament cycle frescoes ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sharesSubjectWith The Punishment of the Rebels ⓘ
significantEvent part of the 1481–1482 decoration campaign of the Sistine Chapel ⓘ
subjectHeading Moses in art ⓘ
linked to: Stories of Moses
theme deliverance of Israel ⓘ
divine calling ⓘ
leadership of Moses ⓘ

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Sandro Botticelli → notableWork → The Trials of Moses ⓘ