Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Moses Saved from the Waters
Alternate Title:
Moïse sauvé des eaux
Image View:
Close up of the stone, ceramic and glass tesserae
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 1887-1985)
Location:
repository: Vence Cathedral (Vence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note:
2 Passage Cahours
GPS:
43.722778 7.113889
Date:
1979 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
stone, glass and ceramic tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Angels; Bible; Moses (Biblical leader); Rainbows; Hebrew Captivity in Egypt; Nile; baptism
Description:
Chagall lived in Vence, and then Saint-Paul de Vence from 1949 until his death. The baptistery of Vence Cathedral is decorated with a mosaic panel by Chagall. He took the subject "Moses saved from the Nile" to express the joy of this Jewish baptism, a prefiguration of the baptism of Christ. In this sense, the Pharaoh’s daughter who welcomes little Moses then becomes the Church which welcomes a new born child who then becomes a child of God thanks to the Nile holy water. To accentuate this, Chagall added an angel and a rainbow, the celestial bridge between God and humankind. (Source: Vence [official city tourism website]; https://vence.fr/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-VCM-A10
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Moses Saved from the Waters