The Finding of Moses

Adriaen van Stalbemt (Antwerp 1580 – Antwerp 1662). Oil painting on canvas, The Finding of Moses by Adriaen van Stalbemt (Antwerp 1580 – Antwerp 1662). Seven women with Moses in arms, basket on ground, river and castle at left. pharaoh's daughters and handmaidens find Moses whilst they are washing at the river. According to the biblical story, Exodus 2: 1-10, the pharaoh in Egypt had ordered all male infants of Isarealites to be put to death. Moses's mother made an ark of bulrushes and put him in it and laid it in the reeds of the Nile's riverbank. Recognising him as a Hebrew child the women sought a nurse for him, so Moses's sister, who had been watching nearby, was able to return him to his mother. Melford Hall, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)