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Rosso Fiorentino: Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro

Artist



Alternative names	Birth name: Giovanni Battista di Jacopo di Gaspare
Description	Italian painter, printmaker, drawer and fresco painter
Date of birth/death	8 March 1494	14 November 1540
Location of birth/death	Florence	Paris
Work location	Florence, Rom, Paris
Authority file	: Q312617 VIAF: 107532392 ISNI: 0000000120967962 ULAN: 500014451 LCCN: n85221402 NLA: 35169597 WorldCat

Title

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Depicted people

Moses

Date

1523

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 160 cm (62.9 in)

; width: 117 cm (46 in)

Collection

Uffizi Gallery

	Native name	Galleria degli Uffizi
	Location	Florence
	Coordinates	43° 46′ 06″ N, 11° 15′ 19″ E
	Established	1581 (built), 1765 (open to public)
	Website	www.uffizi.it
	Authority file	: Q51252 VIAF: 169401840 ISNI: 0000000121721622 ULAN: 500125191 LCCN: n79007196 NLA: 36540829 WorldCat

Uffizi Gallery

	Native name	Galleria degli Uffizi
	Location	Florence
	Coordinates	43° 46′ 06″ N, 11° 15′ 19″ E
	Established	1581 (built), 1765 (open to public)
	Website	www.uffizi.it
	Authority file	: Q51252 VIAF: 169401840 ISNI: 0000000121721622 ULAN: 500125191 LCCN: n79007196 NLA: 36540829 WorldCat

Accession number

00099571 (Uffizi Gallery)

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- موسى يدافع عن بنات يثرو
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- Moïse défend les filles de Jethro
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- Mosè difende le figlie di Jetro
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- ロッソ・フィオレンティーノ
- エテロの娘たちを守るモーセ
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- Sefora
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- Мојсије
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- Moises
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- Россо Фйорентіно
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- Q1863885
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- 摩西保护叶忒罗的女儿

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ROSSO FIORENTINO

(b. 1494, Firenze, d. 1540, Paris)

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro 1523-24 Oil on canvas, 160 x 117 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Among Rosso's paintings concerned with the representation of themes belonging to the religious iconographical tradition, this painting is a very special case, not least due to the rarity of the subject. The title of the painting refers to an episode of Moses's youth narrated in the book of Exodus (II, 16-22). The seven daughters of Jethro, priest of the land of Midian, while drawing water from a well and filling troughs to water their father's flock, are troubled by a group of Midianite shepherds who take advantage of the labours of the young women to water their own herds. Moses, sitting near the well, witnesses the scene; driving the Midianites away with threats he intervenes physically in defence of Jethro's daughters who thanks to his help can finally water their flocks. In recognition of the meritorious action performed by the young Moses, Jethro gives him the hand of one of his daughters, Zipporah.

There are unequivocal references in the painting to the two cartoons made by Michelangelo and Leonardo for the decoration of the Great Council Hall in Palazzo della Signoria. Rosso's canvas reproposes the extremely articulated compositional structure of Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina, displaying a broad range of nude figure poses which reflect the artist's predilection for counterpoise. The emphasizing of gestures and clothing, and the impassioned savagery of the actions and expressions, on the other hand, are associated with Leonardo's Battle of Anghiari. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 5 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/19_cent/rossini_moses.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Gioacchino Rossini: Moses, Moses' Prayer</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Author: ROSSO FIORENTINO Title: Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting

Type: religious

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