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The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34). The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized: Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in The Exodus, a foundational story in the Hebrew Bible.
Bronzino. Standing Nude (study for The Crossing of the Red Sea). c. 1541. Uffizi Gallery. The large fresco is an example of Maniera art and is found on the south wall of the chapel. [4] It is framed by fictive architectural elements including columns and an arch that provide the illusion the scene is contained in a lunette.
The Crossing of the Red Sea was acquired by Kenneth Clark for the National Gallery of Victoria in 1948 [2] [3] using money from the Felton Bequest, a fund originally left to the gallery in 1904 by the industrialist Alfred Felton. [4] In 2011 it underwent a major conservation project. [5]
Articles relating to crossing the Red Sea and its depictions. It is an episode in the origin myth of The Exodus in the Hebrew Bible. It tells of the escape of the Israelites, led by Moses, from the pursuing Egyptians, as recounted in the Book of Exodus.
Two Britons are among the missing after a dive boat was hit by a “huge wave” and capsized off the Red Sea coast of Egypt on Monday 25 November. In a rescue operation, 28 people were saved from ...
However, the method of crossing remains unknown and could have ranged from simple rafts to dugout canoes by the terminal Pleistocene. [13] [14] [15] The sea crossing by humans to the Sahul landmass (modern Australia and New Guinea) from the Sundaland peninsula occurred around 53,000 to 65,000 years ago. Even with the lower sea level of that ...
The Houthis have carried out nearly 100 attacks on ships crossing the Red Sea since November, acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Israel's year-long war in Gaza. They have sunk two vessels ...
Egyptian authorities say five people aboard a tourist boat that sank in the Red Sea and left four dead on Monday, Nov. 25, have now been rescued. In a translated statement on Wednesday, Nov. 27 ...