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Moses and Pharaoh's Crown
Steen only painted a couple of religious scenes – and this is one of them. The story is about Moses who, as a child, is seen by the pharaoh’s counsellors as a threat to Egypt. They test the toddler by making him choose between gold and a dish of glowing coals. In his innocence, Moses picks up a coal and burns himself. Steen depicted the story as a farce, focusing on the annoyance of the pharaoh an…
Creator
- Jan Steen
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1670 - 1670
- 1670/1670
- 1670/1670
Medium
- canvas
- Canvas
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- resource_document_mauritshuis_1167
- 1167
Format
- 79 cm
- 78 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:18.078Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z