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Designed about 1650 by Agostino Melissi Italian
Weaving workshop directed by Bernardino van Asselt Flemish
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Title: Moses Striking the Rock from a set of the Life of Moses
Designer:
Designed about 1650 by Agostino Melissi (Italian, Florence ca. 1615–1683 Florence)
Maker:
Weaving workshop directed by Bernardino van Asselt (Flemish, active 1629–73)
Date: ca. 1650–57
Culture: Italian, Florence
Medium: Wool, silk (13-15 warps per inch, 6 per cm.)
Dimensions: 16 × 17 ft. (487.7 × 518.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Gift of the family of Frederic W. Rhinelander, 1920
Object Number: 20.63
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