The Finding of Moses (Gentileschi)

The Finding of Moses
Artist Orazio Gentileschi
Year early 1630s
Dimensions 257 cm × 301 cm (101 in × 119 in)

The Finding of Moses is an early 1630s painting by Orazio Gentileschi. There are two versions, one in London and one in Madrid.

London version

This version was bought by a private collection in 1995 but on long term loan to the National Gallery, London.[1][2][3]

It was painted for the Queen's House, Greenwich, but was returned to Charles' widow Henrietta Maria in France in 1660. By the time it entered the Orleans Collection a half-century later, it was regarded as by Velázquez. It then entered the Castle Howard collection, and was only correctly identified after the existence of Gentileschi's second version in the Prado became known in England.

Madrid version

The version of Finding of Moses in Madrid

The versin now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid was painted in 1633.[4] It is thought to be an autograph copy after his earlier version of the subject in London.

The artist produced it for Philip IV of Spain and sent it to him as a gift in summer 1633. In October that year Arthur Hopton (English ambassador to Spain) wrote that the painting had been hung in the Salón Nuevo in the Royal Alcázar of Madrid.[5]

  1. ↑ "National Gallery catalogue entry".
  2. ↑ National Gallery Press Release Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Image - National Gallery Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue entry".
  5. ↑ (in Spanish) Finaldi, G.: 100 Obras Maestras del Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2008, p. 106.
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