The Trials of Moses

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The Trials of Moses is a Renaissance fresco by Sandro Botticelli depicting key episodes from the biblical life of Moses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting
fresco
artHistoricalContext Quattrocento Italian art NERFINISHED
artist Sandro Botticelli NERFINISHED
artworkType wall painting
associatedWith Florentine painters in Rome
basedOn Book of Exodus NERFINISHED
colorPalette tempera and fresco pigments typical of the 15th century
commissionedBy Pope Sixtus IV NERFINISHED
commissionedFor decoration of the papal chapel
completionDate 1482
country Vatican City
creator Sandro Botticelli NERFINISHED
creatorNationality Italian
depicts Moses NERFINISHED
Moses defending Jethro’s daughters
Moses killing the Egyptian
Moses leading the Israelites
Moses receiving the Call from God
Moses removing his sandals before the burning bush
Moses watering the flock of Jethro
Old Testament narrative
episodes from the life of Moses
exhibitedAt Sistine Chapel NERFINISHED
genre religious art
hasPart multiple narrative scenes in a single pictorial field
hasPerspective linear perspective typical of Renaissance art
hasStyle Early Renaissance NERFINISHED
iconographicCycle parallel lives of Moses and Christ in the Sistine Chapel decoration
inception 1481
languageOfWork none (visual artwork)
locatedIn Vatican City
locatedOn north wall of the Sistine Chapel
location Sistine Chapel NERFINISHED
materialUsed fresco technique
movement Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
partOf Sistine Chapel wall decoration cycle NERFINISHED
positionInSeries one of the Old Testament cycle frescoes
religion Christianity
sharesSubjectWith The Punishment of the Rebels NERFINISHED
significantEvent part of the 1481–1482 decoration campaign of the Sistine Chapel
subjectHeading Moses in art NERFINISHED
theme deliverance of Israel
divine calling
leadership of Moses

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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi notableWork The Trials of Moses
subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli