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Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II (Haarlem 1641/2 - Amsterdam 1697)
The Finding of Moses 1673-75
Oil on canvas | 157.5 x 142.0 cm (sight) | RCIN 401241
King's Closet, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II (Haarlem 1641/2 - Amsterdam 1697)
The Finding of Moses 1673-75
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The Dutch artist Jacob de Wet II was brought from Amsterdam to Edinburgh in 1673 by Sir William Bruce, King’s Surveyor and Master of Works in Scotland. As part of a team of skilled British and foreign craftsmen furnishing the newly rebuilt Palace of Holyroodhouse, de Wet produced a series of decorative history paintings for the state apartments. Still in situ, these include Bathing Scene by a River (RCIN 401237), Galatea and Polyphemus (RCIN 401238), The Apotheosis of Hercules (RCIN 401239) The Infant Hercules strangling Serpents (RCIN 401240) and The Finding of Moses (RCIN 401241).
A landscape with the infant Moses laid in a reed basket surrounded by four ladies of Pharoah's Court; they look at Pharoah's daughter who is looking down at the child; she wears a patterned turquoise dress and cloak and a golden circlet on her head.Provenance
Commissioned by Sir William Bruce on behalf of Charles II.
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
157.5 x 142.0 cm (sight)
157.6 x 143.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
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OM add-de Wet
