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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
On View
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, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, 1948, no cat.
1948
Possibly California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1948.
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.
2005
The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005, no. 9, repro.

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