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image of The Finding of Moses
Sébastien Bourdon (artist)
French, 1616 - 1671
The Finding of Moses, probably c. 1650
oil on canvas
Overall: 119.6 x 172.8 cm (47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in.) framed: 161.3 x 209.6 x 8.6 cm (63 1/2 x 82 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1961.9.65
From the Tour: Seventeenth-Century French Painting
Object 1 of 8

Exhibition History

1802
Possibly [exhibition of ancient and modern paintings], Edward Savage's Columbian Gallery, New York, 1802, no. 4.
1937
Chefs d'Oeuvre de l'Art français, Palais National des Arts, Paris, 1937, no. 65.
1939
Rétrospective d'Art: Peinture, Sculpture, Tapisserie, Gravure, Art Japonais; Grande Saison Internatinale de l'Eau, Liège, 1939, no. 24, repro.
1948
A Group of Old Master Paintings, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 1948, no cat.
1982
France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, no. 11, repro.
2000
Sébastien Bourdon: 1616-1671, Pavillon du Musée Fabre, Montpellier; Galerie de l'Ancienne Douane, Strasbourg, 2000-2001, no. 170, repro.

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