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Moses and the Bronze Serpent, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century, Framed

1600s

Oil on Canvas. Roman school of the 17th century. The bloody episode of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, also recounted in the *Iliad*, stems from the wrath of Artemis, goddess of the hunt...

The painting, done in oil on canvas, depicts the meeting between King David and Abigail, as narrated in the biblical text from the First Book of Samuel (I Samuel 25:1-34). David, left without food in the wilderness with his army, seeks relief from the wealthy Nabal, who contemptuously denies him any help, ungrateful of the benevolence he previously received from the king. Upon hearing the rejection, the ruler intends to take revenge by killing his entire lineage. Abigail, Nabal's beautiful and wise wife, decides to right the wrong and bring David plenty of food and gifts. In the king's presence the woman humbles herself, winning his forgiveness and benevolence. Soon afterwards widowed, she will in fact become his bride. The broad scene depicts the climax of the Old Testament episode, the moment when the woman prostrates herself before David and his servants prepare to deliver the gifts. The biblical event is here a pretext, as is customary in modern-age painting, for staging the colorful description of a sumptuous procession, which can be divided into two parts, almost two wings of a crowd divided specularly: on the left David with his dignitaries and the army; on the other, Abigail's retinue, handmaids, servants leading dromedaries and donkeys laden with food. The crowded group of figures is set in a natural proscenium: above a low horizon, barely hinted at by distant blue mountains, rises on the left side a craggy rocky cliff, the shelter of the army led by the ruler. The 'somatic intonation of the characters, as well as the choice of metallic chromatics and the play of light on the shiny fabrics refer to a clear Flemish matrix, particularly the influence of the frothy and sumptuous painting of Rubens and Van Dyck. As well set forth in the expert report prepared by Professor Giuseppe Sava, the work is to be attributed to Vincent Malò...

Oil on Canvas. 19th century Italian School. The myth of Procris and Cephalus is a famous and tragic story of love, jealousy, and betrayal told in Ovid's *Metamorphoses*. Cephalus, a...

The large scene depicts the biblical episode recounted in the Book of Exodus—the miracle performed by God to help the people of Israel as they fled from Egypt: since the Israelites ...

Magnificent Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. This oil on canvas artwork depicts the biblical episode of Moses driving the shepherds from the well of Midian. ...

Francesco Curradi, Moses Saved from the Waters, oil on canvas, first half of the 17th century Large Italian painting from the first half of the 17th century. This oil on canvas depi...

Great religious painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting the Flagellation, one of the most dramatic moments of the Passion. Christ, tied to t...

Oil painting on canvas 52 x 68 cm, with gilt wood frame, 58 x 75 cm. is the work of the painter couple Viviano Codazzi (Valsassina 1603-Rome 1670), who specialized as a quadraturist...