Tag: Pharaoh

The Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son (1872)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son 1872 Oil on canvas, 77 × 124 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In this scene from the biblical book of Exodus, Moses and Aaron (upper right) visit the pharaoh, who is mourning his…

The Infant Moses (1685)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Infant Moses (Trampling the Crown of Pharaoh) 1685 Oil on canvas, 139.4 x 140.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Supplizio del fornaio (c.1515)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Supplizio del fornaio (Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that decorated the bedroom of Pierfrancesco Borgherini in the Borgherini palace in Florence. They…

Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (1518)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (Joseph with Jacob in Egypt) probably 1518 Oil on wood, 96.5 x 109.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that were made to decorate the bedchamber of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini…

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Director: Cecil B. DeMille Producer: Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon Screenplay: Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank Based on: Pillar of Fire by Joseph Holt Ingraham, On Eagle’s Wings by A. E. Southon, Prince of Egypt…

Cleopatra

(69–30 BC) Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ Cleopatra VII Philopator Queen of Egypt (51–30 BC) Cleopatra in Art: Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La Morte di Cleopatra c.1645–1655 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra 1660–1662 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano    …