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The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34). The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized: Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in The Exodus, a foundational story in the Hebrew Bible.
The Crossing of the Red Sea is a fresco executed in 1481–1482 and located in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. Of uncertain attribution, it has been assigned to Cosimo Rosselli. It depicts the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites, from chapter 14 of the book of Exodus.
During the Exodus, Moses stretches his hand with the staff to part the Red Sea. While in the "wilderness" after leaving Egypt, Moses follows God's command to strike a rock with the rod to create a spring for the Israelites to drink from (Exodus 17:5–7). Moses does so, and water springs forth from the rock in the presence of the Elders of Israel.
The Crossing of the Red Sea was acquired by Kenneth Clark for the National Gallery of Victoria in 1948 [2] [3] using money from the Felton Bequest, a fund originally left to the gallery in 1904 by the industrialist Alfred Felton. [4] In 2011 it underwent a major conservation project. [5]
Moses can be equated to Cosimo I, who wants to lead his people to the promised land. The crossing of the Red Sea and the destruction of the Egyptian army alludes to the 1537 battle of Montemurlo where Cosimo I defeated the army trying to restore the Republic of Florence. [17] The symbolism pointing to the battle isn't particularly subtle.
Christ with Moses and Solomon; The Crossing of the Red Sea (Sistine Chapel) Crossing of the Red Sea (Bronzino) The Crossing of the Red Sea (Poussin) D.
The eighth miniature marks the beginning of the penitential Psalms; and the last 6, depicting Moses, Jonah, Hannah, Ezekiel and Hezekiah, introduce and illustrate the Canticles of the Old Testament. The subject of the miniatures is as follows: Moses Parting the Red Sea, fol.419v.
KJV: "So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water." other translations: Exodus 15:22; NJPS: "Then Moses caused Israel to set out from the Sea of Reeds.