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Youth of Moses

History, Religious and Mythological Paintings

The Youth of Moses, also called The Trials of Moses, is a fresco painted in 1481 and 1482 by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli and his workshop for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. It compresses several episodes from the early life of Moses drawn from the Book of Exodus into a single composition, arranged on the chapel wall to parallel a facing scene of the temptations of Christ. The fresco measures about 348.5 by 558 centimetres. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Medium
Fresco 1
Location
Sistine Chapel, Rome 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Sources
1. Youth of Moses (Wikipedia)
  • Opening paragraph, medium
    a fresco
  • Infobox, Location
    Sistine Chapel, Rome
  • Genre reference
    The Youth of Moses, also called The Trials of Moses, is a fresco painted in 1481 and 1482 by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli and his workshop for the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
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