Moses Saved from the Waters
Nicolas Poussin, 1647
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Nicolas Poussin
- Date
- 1647
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Altura 1,2 m; Anchura 1,95 m (120 × 195 cm)
- Collection
- Musée du Louvre, Department of Paintings (Room 825, Wing Richelieu)
- Reference
- XDV-3301
What the museum label doesn't tell you
The sistrum depicted in the foreground on the left has intrigued historians: it probably reproduces an actual sistrum belonging to Francesco Gualdi's museum, described and engraved in a 1644 work by Giovanni Battista Casali.
