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 to the daughter of Pharaoh, who is attended by other maids. Ten figures, full length, life size. Authenticity doubtful; Waagen attributes it to Gerard de Honthorst. Engraved by De Launay jeune, in Couché, Galerie du Palais Royal.—Waagen, Treasures, iii. 319; Buchanan, Memoirs, i. 146; Curtis, 2.

By Paolo Veronese, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 9 ft. Moses found in the bulrushes by the daughter of Pharaoh, who is attended by her ladies. Painted for Duke Guglielmo of Mantua; restored in 1827 by Palmeroli.—Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 57.

Finding of Moses, Nicolas Poussin, Louvre, Paris.

By Paolo Veronese, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 1 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 5 in. A beautiful young girl presents the infant Moses, saved from the waters of the Nile, to Pharaoh's daughter, who is accompanied by her ladies and by a jester playing on a clarinet. Collection of Philip IV.—Cat. Museo del Prado.

By Paolo Veronese, Turin Gallery, canvas, H. 11. ft. × 16 ft. 5 in.

MOSES, HISTORY OF, Sistine Chapel, Vatican; a series of frescos on the left wall, each having a typical reference to a corresponding picture opposite from the life of Jesus.

1. Moses and Zipporah on their way to Egypt, and the Circumcision of their Son (Exodus iv. 24), by Sandro Botticelli.

2. Moses overcoming the Egyptian, and driving away the Shepherds who hindered the Daughters of Jethro from drawing water (Exodus ii. 11, 17), by Sandro Botticelli.

3. Moses and the Israelites after the Passage of the Red Sea, by Cosimo Rosselli.

4. Moses giving the Commandments from the Mount, by Cosimo Rosselli.

5. Punishment of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (Num. xvi. 31), by Sandro Botticelli.

6. Last Commands of Moses before his Death, by Luca Signorelli.

7. Michael, Victorious over Satan, bears away the Body of Moses (Jude 9), Cecchino Salviati.

—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 691; Kugler (East-*lake), i. 230; C. &. C., Italy, iii. 8; Vaticano descritto.

By Raphael. See Raphael's Bible.

MOSES, LAST COMMANDS OF, Luca Signorelli, Sistine Chapel, Vatican; fresco. Moses, at right, sitting, reads from a book telling of the promised land to Hebrews grouped near him; to left, he transfers the rod to Aaron; in middle background, an