# Crossing of the Red Sea \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRONZINO, Agnolo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bronzino-agnolo-r31d4112057980c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Crossing of the Red Sea \(detail\) c. 1540 Fresco Cappella di Eleonora, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence In the Crossing of the Red Sea, Moses, seen crouching and gesticulating on the right in a pose highly dependent on Michelangelo&#39;s sculpture of the same subject, is about to drop his hand after having led the Israelites out of their exile in Egypt.

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## Attribution

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