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.
Statements (45)
| 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
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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sandro Botticelli