# Landscape with the Finding of Moses

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BREENBERGH, Bartholomeus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper, 18,5 x 25 cm

## Commentary

This small, signed and dated painting is Breenbergh&#39;s first known work and differs significantly from his later production. In the early 1620s, it must have looked rather archaic, relying on early works by Bril for the rocky formation and the temple at Tivoli on the right.

## Related artworks

- [Apostle Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/apostle-thomas-r6af30e0e6aa510>)
- [Christ and the Nobleman of Capernaum](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/christ-and-the-nobleman-of-capernaum-r1bf6e503e57cf7>)
- [Diana and Her Nymphs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/diana-and-her-nymphs-r799ef133c5aad3>)
- [Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/elijah-and-the-widow-of-zarephath-rfd7d8aab1308d5>)
- [Idealised View with Roman Ruins, Sculptures, and a Port](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/idealised-view-with-roman-ruins-sculptures-and-a-port-rea4d7b1ebf2565>)
- [Joseph Selling Wheat to the People](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/joseph-selling-wheat-to-the-people-re67680f70347d1>)
- [Ruins of the City Walls, near Porta S Paolo, Rome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/ruins-of-the-city-walls-near-porta-s-paolo-rome-r7b944a3b18051e>)
- [The Finding of Moses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/the-finding-of-moses-rdfd4a8481d6667>)
- [The Preaching of St John the Baptist \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/the-preaching-of-st-john-the-baptist-detail-r9f02d6c6e287be>)
- [The Preaching of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/breenbergh-bartholomeus-rb1745d1c708566/the-preaching-of-st-john-the-baptist-r817ee7ee23fd4a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)