Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique)
Simon Julien
1773
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 12 11/16 x 18 3/4 in. (32.2 x 47.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.798.5
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Musical InstrumentsMenMoses
About the Artist
Simon Julien · 1735–1800
**Simon Julien (1735–1800)** was a French painter, draughtsman, and etcher born in Toulon. He began his artistic training in his native city and at the emerging academic school in Marseille before moving to Paris. There he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Carle van Loo starting in 1758 and also followed the instruction of Michel-François Dandré-Bardon at the Académie Royale. Julien achie...