Moses Striking the Rock from a set of the Life of Moses

Moses Striking the Rock from a set of the Life of Moses by Agostino Melissi|Bernardino van Asselt

Medium

Wool, silk (13-15 warps per inch, 6 per cm.)

Dimensions

16 × 17 ft. (487.7 × 518.2 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Tapestries

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of the family of Frederic W. Rhinelander, 1920

Accession Number

20.63

Tags

MosesMenWomenPutti

About the Artist

Agostino Melissi|Bernardino van Asselt (Italian|Flemish) · 1615 |1629 1683 |1673

Italian, Florence ca. 1615–1683 Florence|Flemish, active 1629–73

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