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Simeon Solomon: Mother of Moses  wikidata:Q111822019 reasonator:Q111822019
Artist
Simeon Solomon (1840–1905)  wikidata:Q732617 s:en:Author:Simeon Solomon
 
Simeon Solomon
Description English painter
Date of birth/death 9 October 1840 Edit this at Wikidata 14 August 1905 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death City of London Edit this at Wikidata Westminster Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q732617
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Title
The Mother of Moses
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: (see references) «Solomon was an important if unusual figure in the Victorian period. Jewish by descent, he was born into a family of painters. He often painted Old Testament subjects such as this one, taken from the life of Moses. Unlike earlier depictions in which the heroic aspects of Moses’ life are depicted, Solomon has chosen a more intimate moment. Moses’ mother is shown caressing her child for the last time before she places him in the basket and sends him down the river to his destiny. Solomon, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the historical accuracy of his depictions. Many of the objects included in this painting were observed and closely studied by the artist in the collection of the British Museum. In addition, he has chosen models with convincingly Semitic features to strengthen the authenticity of the scene.»
Date 1860 (first exhibited 1860; undated)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 50.5 cm (19.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,61U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,50.5U174728

with frame: 93 × 81.3 × 5.7 cm (36.6 × 32 × 2.2 in)
institution QS:P195,Q1183941
Accession number
DAM 1999-1
Place of creation United States Edit this at Wikidata
Object history Bought from the artist by Thomas E. Plint;
his sale, Christie's, London, 8 March, 1862 (268);
bought Ernest Gambart;
Arthur Jas. Lewis;
W. G. Rawlinson;
Robert Louis Isaacson;
by whom bequeated to the Delaware Art Museum., Bequest of Robert Louis Isaacson, 1999
Credit line 1999: bequeathed by Robert Louis Isaacson
References https://emuseum.delart.org/objects/8619/the-mother-of-moses (Wayback Machine)
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-mother-of-moses/XgFyz6OrGkGBfw?hl=en
Source/Photographer http://preraph.org/images/artwork/large/1999-1.jpg

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