Moses Striking the Rock

Augustin Hirschvogel

Associated Names
Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

The image shows a group scene with animals and tents. It depicts a rocky landscape with water flowing from a rock, which is being licked by a camel, a donkey, and goats. Several figures stand in the foreground, draped in classical robes, some gesturing toward the water source. To the right, more figures are visible with containers, possibly filling them with water. Tents can be seen in the background to the right, indicating a camp setting. The drawing is finely detailed with cross-hatching to indicate shading and the contours of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.296

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1971, no. 53


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

Q65070888

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