Moses Rescued from the Nile
ca. 1540–44
Medium
Etching
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.78.2(298)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching by Andrea Schiav, created around 154–44, captures dramatic biblical moment when the Moses is rescued from Nile by Pharaoh’s daughter her attendants. The brings together figures of men and women in lively scene that emphasizes both vulnerability of the child and the compassion of those who save him As a print, the reflects the growing importance of etching in the sixteenth, a technique that allowed to create fluid lines and expressive while making images more widely available beyond a single painting. Schiavone, also known as Andrea Meldola, worked in Venice during a period when p...
About the Artist
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) · 1510–1563
Andrea Schiavone, born Andrea Meldolla around 1510 or 1515 in Zara (modern Zadar, Croatia), in Venetian-ruled Dalmatia, hailed from a family rooted in Meldola near Forlì in Romagna, Emilia-Romagna. His father, Simon Meldolla, served as a garrison commander there, and both parents originated from Meldola, where the family held property into the early 16th century. Nicknamed "Schiavone"—"the Slav"—a...