The Punishment of the Rebels
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The Punishment of the Rebels is a fresco by Sandro Botticelli, created for the Sistine Chapel, depicting a dramatic biblical scene of rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fresco
ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ |
| artForm | mural painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | decoration of the Sistine Chapel before Michelangelo's ceiling ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Book of Numbers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Korah's rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Pope Sixtus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Papal chapel decoration program ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1482 ⓘ |
| country | Vatican City ⓘ |
| creator | Sandro Botticelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
biblical scene
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rebellion against Moses and Aaron ⓘ |
| depictsCharacter |
Aaron
NERFINISHED
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Korah NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsContrast | faithful followers versus rebellious Israelites ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
earth swallowing the rebels
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punishment of the rebellious Israelites ⓘ |
| depictsMiracle | miraculous punishment of the rebels ⓘ |
| depictsSetting | Israelites in the wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsTheme |
authority of the priesthood
ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | Italian Renaissance religious iconography ⓘ |
| hasMedium | pigments on wet plaster ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | multiple-point perspective composition ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Florentine Renaissance style ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Old Testament narrative ⓘ |
| inception | 1481 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Vatican City ⓘ |
| location | Sistine Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | fresco technique ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Punizione dei ribelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Sistine Chapel wall decoration cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Life of Moses fresco cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInChapel | right wall of the Sistine Chapel ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| significantWorkOf | Sandro Botticelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | decoration of a religious building ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sandro Botticelli