Moses Striking the Rock
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
31 3/8 x 42 1/2 in. (79.7 x 108 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Mary V. T. Eberstadt, by exchange, 1972
Accession Number
1972.171
Tags
MenWomenFemale NudesMosesCowsDogs
About the Artist
Abraham Bloemaert · 1566–1651
Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651) was born in Gorinchem in the Dutch Republic, the son of architect Cornelis Bloemaert, and grew up in Utrecht after the family relocated there in 1575. His early artistic formation took him to Paris for three years in the early 1580s, where he studied with several masters before returning to the Northern Netherlands to pursue his career. He settled permanently in Utrec...