The Test of Fire of Moses (Giorgione)
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The Test of Fire of Moses is a painting by the Italian
Renaissance
master Giorgione
(1500-1501). It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi of Florence
.
The work is dimensionally and thematically similar to the Judgement of Salomon, also in the Uffizi, and is dated to the years immediately after Giorgione's moving to Venice.
The episode is taken from the Talmud
, and was probably commissioned by an acculturated person who was not entirely following to the official Roman Catholic positions.
The horizontal setting is similar to that in Giovanni Bellini
's Holy Allegory, also in the Uffizi, and allows the painter to give importance to the landscape. In the latter's care for detail are evident influences from Northern Europe painting.
Italy
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Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
master Giorgione
Giorgione
Giorgione was a Venetian painter of the High Renaissance in Venice, whose career was cut off by his death at a little over thirty. Giorgione is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, though only about six surviving paintings are acknowledged for certain to be his work...
(1500-1501). It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
.
The work is dimensionally and thematically similar to the Judgement of Salomon, also in the Uffizi, and is dated to the years immediately after Giorgione's moving to Venice.
The episode is taken from the Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
, and was probably commissioned by an acculturated person who was not entirely following to the official Roman Catholic positions.
The horizontal setting is similar to that in Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it...
's Holy Allegory, also in the Uffizi, and allows the painter to give importance to the landscape. In the latter's care for detail are evident influences from Northern Europe painting.
External links
- Image of Moses Undergoes Trial by Fire, next to the Judgement of Solomon at Uffizi Gallery