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 angel points to the promised land; in distance, to left, burial of Moses. Painted in 1484.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 8; Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 691.

MOSES ON THE MOUNT, Tintoretto, S. M. dell' Orto, Venice; canvas, left wall of Cappella Maggiore. The people of Israel offering their most precious possessions to cast the Golden Calf; above, Moses receiving the Tables of the Law on Mount Sinai.—Zanetti, 528.

Last Commands of Moses, Luca Signorelli, Sistine Chapel, Vatican.

MOSES STRIKING THE ROCK (Exodus xvii.), Murillo, Hospital of La Caridad, Seville; canvas, H. 11 ft. 6 in. × 18 ft. In centre, a large rock, around which are gathered many people filling jars and quenching their thirst with the water which has burst forth; in front, Moses and Aaron giving thanks; the boy on a mule, and the girl holding up a jar to be filled, are said to be portraits of Murillo's children. Companion to Miracle of Loaves and Fishes, La Caridad; one of eight large pictures painted in 1670-74 for that hospital. Engraved by R. Esteve; mezzotint by Boilby; centre only, engraved by J. Rogers, Blanchard, F. Girard, Sartain. Sketch: Earl of Normanton, Somerby, Hants, Eng.—Curtis, 115, 122.

By Nicolas Poussin, Bridgewater House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. An open country with trees and rocky mountain at right, near which are Moses and Aaron, the latter addressing the people and pointing to the miraculous flow of water. Painted in Rome for M. Chantelon, whence passed to Orleans Gallery. Engraved by Baudet; Dambrun, in Orleans Gallery.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 38; Smith, viii. 17.

By Nicolas Poussin, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 6 ft. 3 in. Moses and Aaron, standing together, the former smiting the rock, while the latter returns thanks for the deliverance; in foreground, at right, many groups of afflicted, some slaking their thirst. Painted in 1649 for C. Stella; later in Houghton Collection, which passed in 1787 to Empress Catharine of Russia. Engraved by C. Stella; J. B. de Poilly; J. B. Michell, in Houghton Gallery.—Smith, viii. 15.

By Tintoretto, Scuola di S. Rocco, Venice; square, on ceiling of upper room. Moses