Moses and the Burning Bush

c. 1500

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

The image shows a city with red roofs and stone buildings stretching across the center, bordered by green landscape below a pale sky. In the foreground, a figure in a red robe stands on a grassy hill, gesturing towards the horizon. Smoke and flames rise from a forest to the right, while sheep graze on a slope. Two figures are to the left near a tall tree. The color palette includes earth tones, reds, greens, and gray, with bold, expressive strokes typical of woodcut techniques.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.1 × 16.9 cm (5 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.545

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lettered in image, at top right: SV QVI SV; on verso, text in letterpress

Wikidata ID

Q76557145

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