Phillip Medhurst

Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage

Tag: Moses

02_66 Headpiece to Exodus by Sarah van Niekerk

Wood engraving by Sarah van Niekerk (British 1934-2018) in The Reader’s Digest Bible (illustrated edition) 1990

04_66 Headpiece to Numbers by Sarah van Niekerk

Wood engraving by Sarah van Niekerk (British 1934-2018) in The Reader’s Digest Bible (illustrated edition) 1990

05_66 Headpiece to Deuteronomy by Sarah van Niekerk

Wood engraving by Sarah van Niekerk (British 1934-2018) in The Reader’s Digest Bible (illustrated edition) 1990

023  Moses sees the Promised Land from the top of Mount Abarim and dies

Moses sees the Promised Land from the top of Mount Abarim and dies. 1801. Unpainted. Sketch: oil on canvas. Height: 50.2 cms (19.7 ins); width: 73 cms (28.7 ins). Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City.

022  Moses showing the Brazen Serpent

Moses showing the Brazen Serpent. 30 August 1793. Print. Line engraving, engraved by John Hall. Published by Thomas Macklin. 310 mm x 247 mm. Royal Academy of Arts collection.

021  Moses Showing the Brazen Serpent

Moses Showing the Brazen Serpent. Signed and dated 1787 21 x 13 ins (53 x 32cms). Black chalk drawing on sheet of buff paper. Current location unknown. It appears to be a preparatory study of a large scale oil painting subsequently engraved for the Macklin Bible. The location of the painting is unknown. Together with […]

020  Moses showing the Brazen Serpent to the infirm to be healed

Moses showing the Brazen Serpent to the infirm to be healed. c1790. Oil on canvas.148 x 115 ins. War Memorial Chapel. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.

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Moses consecrating Aaron and his sons to the priesthood. c1795. Location of finished painting unknown. Oil sketch: 1795. Oil on canvas. 37.5 x 28.8 ins. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. War Memorial Chapel.

018  Moses receiving the Laws on Mount Sinai

Moses receiving the Laws on Mount Sinai. 1784. Oil on canvas; 548.6 x 373.3 cm. Parliamentary Art Collection, Palace of Westminster, London. This nearly 18-foot-tall painting was a huge undertaking accomplished with help from Gilbert Stuart and John Trumbull — both of whom are in the composition — who were then studying with West in […]

017  Moses destroying Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea

Moses destroying Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea. c1792. Location of finished painting unknown. Sketch: oil on canvas. 96.8 x 76.2 cms (38 1/8 x 30 ins). The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.