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Leaf from Bible Pictures by William de Brailes
This scene from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a moment during the wandering of the Israelites in the desert after their escape from the bondage of Egypt. The Israelites came into the wilderness of Zin, and evil place, and they thought that they would die there, because there was no water. Moses (depicted here with horns as a sign of his encounter with divinity), struck a rock with his staff, and water flowed from it.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, Oxford (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/16 x W: 3 3/4 in. (13.2 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.106.12R
