The Moral and Divine Law: Moses Receives the Law on Mount Sinai; Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul

The Moral and Divine Law: Moses Receives the Law on Mount Sinai; Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul by John La Farge

Medium

Watercolor, gouache with gum arabic, and graphite on olive-green wove paper

Dimensions

7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (18.7 x 27 cm)

Classification

Watercolor

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966

Accession Number

67.55.166

Tags

Moses

About the Artist

John La Farge · 18351910

John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...

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