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Finding of Moses

1548

Augustin Hirschvogel

Associated Names

Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

This is a drawing of a group of women by a riverbank. The central figure, wearing a crown, is reaching towards a person in the river who is holding a baby wrapped in cloth. The background includes trees, hills, and lush landscape details. The drawing is detailed and elegant. The bottom of the drawing features German text in decorative script.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1950.17.105
Catalogue Raisonné

Schwarz 1971, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

Bibliography

1917

-- see Schwarz 1917 for full citation -- use 'Schwarz 1971' for Hirschvogel's "Konkordanz" prints only

Wikidata ID

Q65219760

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