Cosimo Rosselli 1439 – 1507
The Crossing of the Reed Sea
fresco (350 × 572 cm) — 1481-82
This work is linked to Exodus 14:27
Art and the Bible - Exodus 14 - Old Testament
Exodus 14 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the c
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Cosimo Rosselli was probably the least talented among the masters who worked in the Sistine Chapel. He and his team made four frescos: two on the life of Jesus (on the north wall), and two on the life of Moses, on the south wall.
This fresco is also known as The Destruction of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea. Moses leads his people through the Reed Sea by parting the waters. He is chased by Egyptian warriors, but the sea closes just in time to save the Israelites. The pillar in the middle is the "pillar of fire" that God used to scare the Egyptians.
Kneeling next to Moses is his sister, the prophetess Miriam.
It is uncertain to whom this work should be attributed: Rosselli, or his assistant Biagio d'Antonio Tucci.
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