Keywords: William de Brailes - The Crossing of the Red Sea (Exodus 14 -26-30) - Walters W10610R - Full Page.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator William de Brailes This page from Walters manuscripts W 106 depicts a scene from Exodus in which the Israelites escape their bondage in Egypt After God sent many plagues the Pharaoh at last agreed to let the Israelites leave but then changed his mind and pursued them The Israelites crossed over the Red Sea after God had made all the sea dry land In this image Moses used Gods power to allow the waters to return drowning Pharaoh's army ca 1250 Medieval ink pigment parchment cm 13 2 9 5 accession number W 106 10R 18554 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore June 6 1903 by purchase see The Diaries of George Lucas Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 From Romanesque to Gothic Illumination in Transition The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1990 The Book of Kings Art War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown 2002 place of origin Oxford England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W106 - Bible Pictures by William de Brailes Crossing of Red Sea Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Moses in miniatures |