Moses Striking the Rock

Artist Hans Collaert the Elder (Flemish, about 1530–1581)

Artistafter Lambert Lombard (Flemish, 1506–1566)

Printerprinted by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, about 1510–1570)

Date1555

Mediumengraving on cream laid paper

Dimensions35.9 x 49.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineHarriet B. Bancroft Fund

Terms

Object number1980.132

Label TextLombard established an Italian-style academy in Liège, according to his biographer Dominique Lamspon. He taught drawing and painting, and began a printshop, where works after his designs and those of his students could be engraved and sold. Collaert’s prints after Lombard are true to his designs, and also reflect the influence of Raphael’s engraver, Marcantonio Raimondi. This event from Exodus depicts the Israelites in the Caanite wilderness, suffering from thirst. Bidding them to trust God, Moses touched his staff to a rock, where a lifesaving spring flowed forth.ProvenanceJames Bergquist, Boston, MA

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