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Moses Receiving the Tablets, from The Story of Moses series   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Pieter van Aelst III
Title
Moses Receiving the Tablets, from The Story of Moses series
label QS:Len,"Moses Receiving the Tablets, from The Story of Moses series"
label QS:Lpl,"Mojżesz otrzymujący Dekalog z serii Dzieje Mojżesza"
Date mid 16th century
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium wool and silk
Dimensions 424.2 × 429.3 cm (13.9 × 14 ft)
institution QS:P195,Q1416890
Current location
Palace of the Legion of Honor
Accession number
1930.1
Object history circa 1550
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: commissioned by Sigismund II Augustus

1596: inherited by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
: transferred to House of Vasa, Warsaw

1633: given to Urban VIII Barberini, Rome

10 January 1930: purchased by California Palace of the Legion of Honor, General Fund
Notes Most likely part of 5 pieces from The Story of Moses, noted in 1553 by Stanisław Orzechowski as belonging to Sigismund Augustus. In 1633, three of the tapestries were presented by Jerzy Ossoliński, on behalf of king Ladislaus IV Vasa, to Pope Urban VIII Barberini. Identification by Marcin Latka (Artinpl).
References
Source/Photographer Anna G. Bennett (1992). Five centuries of tapestry from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. ISBN 08-11802-13-2

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