Minneapolis Institute of Art
Moses Presenting the Ten Commandments
Engraver: Begun by Robert Nanteuil; Engraver: Completed by Gérard Edelinck; After Philippe de Champaigne; Publisher: Pierre Drevet
- Date
- 1699
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
This magnificent beard could only be the work of a wool merchant's son, as Robert Nanteuil was. Here the portrait engraver to Louis XIV turned his hand to a loftier lawgiver, Moses. The design came from Philippe de Champaigne, a pious French Catholic (two daughters were nuns) who believed that art could aid in meditative devotions. Larger-than-life, Moses fixes us with his gaze, commanding us to heed God's laws. France, Europe
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