The Finding of Moses

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The Finding of Moses is a Baroque-era painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the biblical scene of the infant Moses being discovered in the Nile.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Finding of Moses 1
The Finding of Moses canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artisticSchool Venetian school ⓘ
artStyle dramatic lighting ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
rich color palette ⓘ
basedOn Book of Exodus ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
creator Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ⓘ
culturalContext Catholic art ⓘ
European Baroque art ⓘ
depicts Finding of Moses ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Pharaoh's daughter ⓘ
scene on the Nile River ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasBiblicalFigure Moses ⓘ
Pharaoh's daughter ⓘ
hasSetting Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
hasTheme infancy of a prophet ⓘ
royal court life in biblical Egypt ⓘ
inspiredBy biblical narrative of Exodus 2:1–10 ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
mainSubject discovery of Moses by Pharaoh's daughter ⓘ
infant Moses in a basket ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
narrativeTheme deliverance from danger ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
portrays courtly figures ⓘ
female attendants of Pharaoh's daughter ⓘ
portraysEmotion compassion ⓘ
wonder ⓘ
portraysMoment Moses being lifted from the basket ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
useOfMedium oil paint ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo → notableWork → The Finding of Moses ⓘ
The Finding of Moses (Tiepolo) → depicts → Finding of Moses ⓘ
subject linked to: The Finding of Moses
linked to: The Finding of Moses