# Well of Moses

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SLUTER, Claus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Stone, height 183 cm

## Commentary

Sluter executed a large fountain \(Well of Moses\) in the Carthusian monastery \(Chartreuse de Champmol\). The monastery was intended to be the burying place of the Prince of Burgundy, Philip the Bold and his family. The monastery was destroyed during the French revolution, but the hexagonal base with the figures of the six prophets who had foreseen the death of Christ on the Cross \(Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah\) survived.

## Related artworks

- [Memorial to Philip the Bold \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/memorial-to-philip-the-bold-detail-r4529fa5f1bfbc5>)
- [Memorial to Philip the Bold \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/memorial-to-philip-the-bold-detail-r6f496380b5a091>)
- [Memorial to Philip the Bold](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/memorial-to-philip-the-bold-r4a56eeed8ae9e7>)
- [Three Mourners](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/three-mourners-r4d382f19fe2f7b>)
- [Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/tomb-of-philip-the-bold-duke-of-burgundy-detail-r858b8504096fe7>)
- [Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/tomb-of-philip-the-bold-duke-of-burgundy-detail-ra6605b826a36f3>)
- [Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/tomb-of-philip-the-bold-duke-of-burgundy-r3379ec96cde3cf>)
- [Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/tomb-of-philip-the-bold-duke-of-burgundy-r92ba9fb7ea5d62>)
- [Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/tomb-of-philip-the-bold-duke-of-burgundy-rb0a27335947c60>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/virgin-and-child-r01e50a65497721>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/virgin-and-child-rf921fbeff93bf7>)
- [Well of Moses: Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sluter-claus-r0ee07341179ab6/well-of-moses-angel-r6cd271bcc18144>)

## Attribution

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