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    BATTISTA ANGOLO DEL MORO (ACTIVE 1568-1610)

    The finding of Moses

    c.1563-73

    Etching | 27.5 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853516

    An etching by Battista dell'Angolo del Moro copying a print by Andrea Schiavone which depicts the finding of the Infant Moses (Bartsch XVI, p.41, no.2). Trimmed, irregularly, to image.

    For the original print by Schiavone, see British Museum inv.no. W,1.5.

    • Creator(s)

      Battista Angolo del Moro (active 1568-1610) (etcher)

      After Andrea Schiavone (c. 1500-1563) (etcher)

      Subject(s)

      Moses(OT)
      Pharaoh's Daughter (OT)

    • annotation: [illegible] [verso, centre, in ink]

    • 27.5 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Bible & Holy Scripture
              • Old Testament
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.220 B.XXIX.10

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