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.

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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
rebellion against Moses and Aaron
depictsCharacter Aaron NERFINISHED
Korah NERFINISHED
Moses NERFINISHED
depictsContrast faithful followers versus rebellious Israelites
depictsEvent earth swallowing the rebels
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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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi notableWork The Punishment of the Rebels
subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli