Crossing the Red Sea (Travessia do Mar Vermelho)

According to the Book of Exodus (14:16), God told Moses: “lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea”. Having arrived safely to the other side (15:1) they thanked for the Egyptian defeat: “I will sing unto the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.”


De acordo com o Livro do Êxodo (XIV, 16) Deus disse a Moisés: «levanta a tua vara para o mar e fere-o, para que os israelitas possam atravessá-lo a pé enxuto». Chegados em segurança à outra margem (XV, 1) agradeceram a derrota egípcia «cantarei ao Senhor, porque ele manifestou a sua glória. Precipitou no mar cavalos e cavaleiros».

Agnolo Bronzini (1503-1572)-'crossing the Red Sea'-fresco-(1541-1542) Firenze-Palazzo Vecchio (cappella di Eleonora da Toledo)

Bernardino Luini (ca 1480-1532)-'crossing the Red Sea'-oil on canvas Milano-Pinacoteca di Brera

Cosimo Rosselli (1439-1507)-'crossing the Red Sea'-fresco Città del Vaticano-Cappella Sistina

Philipe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812)-'destruction of Pharaoh's army'-oil on canvas-1792 Chicago-Art Institute

Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837-1887)-'prayer of Moses before the Israelites passed through the Red Sea'-oil on canvas-1861