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| Keywords: Simeon Solomon - The Mother of Moses.jpg Artwork Creator Simeon Solomon en Solomon was an important if unusual figure in the Victorian period Jewish by descent he was born into a family of painters He often painted Old Testament subjects such as this one taken from the life of Moses Unlike earlier depictions in which the heroic aspects of Moses ™ life are depicted Solomon has chosen a more intimate moment Moses ™ mother is shown caressing her child for the last time before she places him in the basket and sends him down the river to his destiny Solomon like many of his contemporaries was concerned with the historical accuracy of his depictions Many of the objects included in this painting were observed and closely studied by the artist in the collection of the British Museum In addition he has chosen models with convincingly Semitic features to strengthen the authenticity of the scene see references 1860 first exhibited 1860; undated oil on canvas in 23 5 19 <br /> frame dim in 36 625 31 75 2 25 Institution Delaware Art Museum place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line provenanceEvent bequest Robert Louis Isaacson 1999 accession number DAM 1999-1 place of creation http //preraph org/images/artwork/large/1999-1 jpg http //emuseum delart org 8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items 0040 8619 Delaware Art Museum Custom license marker 2015 11 17 PD-old-auto-1923 1905 Uploaded with UploadWizard Simeon Solomon Paintings of Moses Paintings of mothers and children Pre-Raphaelite paintings of Old Testament 19th-century oil on canvas paintings in the United States Paintings in Delaware Art Museum | ||||
