The miracle of the bitter water made sweet (Il Miracolo delle Acque Amare Mutate in Dolci)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 in. × 19 13/16 in. (35.5 × 50.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.323
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Art Historical Context
Behold *The Miracle of the Bitter Water Made (Il Miracolo delle Acque Amare Mutate in Dolci)*, a captivating etching from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints collection. Created 1743 and 1763, this work credits Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, known as Il Grechetto masterful 17th-century Genoese Baroque artist renowned for his dynamic etchings—and Pietro Monaco, likely responsible for this later impression. Measuring 14 x 19 /16 inches, the trimmed sheet vividly captures a biblical scene from Exodus 15, where Moses transforms bitter waters at Marah into a life-giving source, surrounded ...