Painting:Abraham Boemaert,Dutch,1566-1651,Moses Striking the Rock 1596,oil on canvas
Bloemaert worked in Utrecht and taught many of the leading artists of that city during the course of his long career.The painting is characteristic of the mannerist style which he adopted in the last decade of the sixteenth century.In the middle ground at the left Moses strikes a rock to provide water for the Israelites in the desert.The subject is an Old Testament prototype for salvation through baptism,and the woman with a jug may embody the saving properties of water.
Painting:Abraham Boemaert,Dutch,1566-1651,Moses Striking the Rock 1596,oil on canvas
Bloemaert worked in Utrecht and taught many of the leading artists of that city during the course of his long career.The painting is characteristic of the mannerist style which he adopted in the last decade of the sixteenth century.In the middle ground at the left Moses strikes a rock to provide water for the Israelites in the desert.The subject is an Old Testament prototype for salvation through baptism,and the woman with a jug may embody the saving properties of water.