Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro

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"Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro" is a Mannerist painting by Rosso Fiorentino depicting the biblical episode in which Moses protects Jethro’s daughters from hostile shepherds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist painting
painting
artStyle artificial poses
complex composition
dramatic gestures
elongated figures typical of Mannerism
expressive color
basedOn Biblical episode of Moses defending the daughters of Jethro
biblicalChapter Exodus 2 NERFINISHED
characterDepicted Jethro’s daughters
Midianite shepherds
creator Rosso Fiorentino NERFINISHED
depictionContext scene at a well in Midian
depicts Jethro’s daughters NERFINISHED
Moses NERFINISHED
hostile shepherds
genre religious art
iconography Moses as a young man
shepherds with staffs
women at a well
mainCharacter Moses NERFINISHED
movement Mannerism NERFINISHED
narrativeMoment Moses intervening against shepherds
narrativeSource Book of Exodus NERFINISHED
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christian art
Jewish biblical narrative
subjectMatter Moses defending women from aggressors
theme Old Testament narrative
heroic intervention
protection of the weak
visualFocus central figure of Moses
confrontation with shepherds
group of threatened women

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Rosso Fiorentino notableWork Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro