Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Crossing of the Red Sea
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Crossing of the Red Sea
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Alternate Title:
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La traversée de la mer Rouge
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
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Location Note:
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Avenue Dr Ménard
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GPS:
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+43.709167+7.269536
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Date:
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1955 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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216.5 cm (height) x 146 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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Old Testament and Apocrypha; Bible; Moses (Biblical leader)
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Description:
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The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. It houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This series illustrates the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs. Later the museum was expanded with other works, both religious and secular. This painting depicts Moses leading the Israelites across the Red Sea, parted by an angel of God. (Source: Chagall Museum [website]; http://en.musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/chagall/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-LTMR-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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