Moses Striking the Rock
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall: 44.6 x 66.7 cm (17 9/16 x 26 1/4 in.) framed: 58.7 x 80.7 cm (23 1/8 x 31 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.11.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael · 1566–1638
**Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael** (also spelled Uytewael; 1566–1638) was a Dutch Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and successful flax merchant who spent nearly his entire life in Utrecht. Born the son of Anthonis Jansz Wtewael, a glassmaker and glass painter who had settled in the city that same year, he initially trained in his father’s workshop as a glassmaker and engraver. He later studied under ...