Wilton album, folio 4a: The Finding of Moses; eight female figures kneeling or bending towards the baby Moses in the lower right; a tree in the upper left corner

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian

1543–46

Not on view

For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
The composition is based on Raphael's treatment of the subject in the Vatican Loggie; a later state of the print in which the contours of the figures and details of drapery have been reworked in drypoint; an earlier state and a second impression of this state in The Metropolitan Museum Mariette Album (folio 7).

Artwork Details

Title: Wilton album, folio 4a: The Finding of Moses; eight female figures kneeling or bending towards the baby Moses in the lower right; a tree in the upper left corner
Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)
Date: 1543–46
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 11/16 in. (21 × 14.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.78.1(9)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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