Moses striking water from rock. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) [painter] c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 417 x W 545 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/6. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: VIRGA PERCVSSIT In landscape, Moses strikes rock twice in front of assembled people, water gushes out & people quench their thirst; God, descending from clouds, reprimanding Moses (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13) (L & R BRD) segmented border with figures

Moses striking water from rock. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) [painter] c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 417 x W 545 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/6. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: VIRGA PERCVSSIT In landscape, Moses strikes rock twice in front of assembled people, water gushes out & people quench their thirst; God, descending from clouds, reprimanding Moses (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13) (L & R BRD) segmented border with figures in architectural niches, coats of arms at top; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription, flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit, & 2 miniature masks; (LWR BRD) seated female figures interspersed with swags & decorations Photographs in Photo Study Collection are details only; see Mahl's article for full view of composition. Mahl JbKhistWien 63 (1967), 7-38, Brown (et al.), Tapestries of Ercole & Gonzaga (1996), 194-205, Thomson, , Tapestry in England (1914), 201 Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 135 Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 163-170, series 24, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237197-0237260; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0239099 (panel in the "Life of Moses" Madrid set, series 24, GCPA 0239093-0239099); other set in series, Châteaudun

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