# The Finding of Moses

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BACKER, Jacob de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/backer-jacob-de-rb0643c8b754302>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 96 x 162 cm

## Commentary

The biblical story \(Exodus 2: 3-9\) tells of an infant boy left out in a basket on the Nile, who is found by Pharaoh&#39;s daughter and brought up by her as her own son, Moses. In the centre of the present representation is the seated figure of the Pharaoh&#39;s daughter. Gracefully dressed and wearing a crown, a servant girl stands behind her, fanning her with a canopy of feathers.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of the Three Ages of Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/backer-jacob-de-rb0643c8b754302/allegory-of-the-three-ages-of-man-r24394ad52df9fb>)
- [Garden of Eden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/backer-jacob-de-rb0643c8b754302/garden-of-eden-r50240486e76a66>)
- [The Last Judgment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/backer-jacob-de-rb0643c8b754302/the-last-judgment-r3e92fce8c8b530>)
- [The Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/backer-jacob-de-rb0643c8b754302/the-nativity-r651933f3c2535d>)

## Attribution

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