The Finding of Moses (Veronese, Smith collection)

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The Finding of Moses is a now-lost oil on canvas painting of the finding of Moses by Paolo Veronese, once in the collection of Joseph Smith and one of at least eight works on the subject by the painter and his studio.

Smith's was distinctive in the pointing gesture by Pharaoh's daughter, shown in a preparatory drawing for it now in the

a surviving version by Veronese now in the Prado, perhaps to fill the gap left by the sale, one of at least nine copies made by Ricci of Veronese works for Smith.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Studies for the Finding of Moses".
  2. ^ "Sebastiano Ricci, The Finding of Moses".