
作品介绍
The Manna (French: La Manne), formerly titled The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Desert (Les Israélites recueillant la manne dans le désert), is an oil painting by Poussin, dated to 1638 or 1639, which is now in the Louvre, in Paris. The work is regarded as one of Poussin's most ambitious.
Description
Scene: a rocky desert, with high cliffs and trees on each side, and the tents of Israel in a valley in background; in middle ground, Moses and Aaron, with people prostrating themselves before them; in foreground, men, women, and children gathering manna.
Provenance
Painted in Rome in 1638 or 1639 for Paul Fréart de Chantelou; whence passed to Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances to Louis XIV. Engraved by Guillaume Chasteau (1680); Benoît Audran the Elder; Bern; Henri Testelin.
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