Who painted Moses Found?

Paolo Veronese painted Moses Found in 1580.

What Bible passage does Moses Found depict?

Moses Found depicts the biblical scene from Exodus 2:6.

Where is Moses Found located?

Moses Found is housed at Museo del Prado, Paseo del Prado, Madrid.

Moses Found by Paolo Veronese

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The Finding of Moses is a 1560-1575 painting by Paolo Veronese, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid It is one of at least eight variants of the subject of the finding of Moses by him and his studio.

Details

Artist: Paolo Veronese
Created: c. 1580
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimension: 43cm × 57cm
Passage: Exodus 2:6
Housed at: Museo del Prado Paseo del Prado, Madrid

Found in: Exodus, Exodus 2, 16th century, Moses' Childhood

Exodus 2:6

6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

Exodus 2:6 · World English Bible

The artist

Paolo Veronese

1528 - 1588

Verona

Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese, was an Italian Renaissance painter, based in Venice, known for large-format history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the "great trio that dominated Venetian painting of the cinquecento" and the Late Renaissance in the 16th century. Known as a supreme colourist, and after an…