Moses holding the Ten Commandments tablets, engraved portrait – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Moses holding the Ten Commandments tablets, engraved portrait in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Moses holding the Ten Commandments tablets, engraved portrait
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Moses is shown here holding the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, the figure that gives this engraving its focus. In Exodus, Moses receives the tablets on Mount Sinai, and that scene became one of the most repeated subjects in Western religious art. Engravings like this one were widely reproduced in Bibles, catechisms and home devotional books, so they reached households that could rarely afford paintings. Look at the tablets, which are typically drawn with the commandments inscribed in lines of text, a detail that tied the image directly to the act of learning and memorizing the law.
| Original scan | 6,054 × 7,379 px · prints to 20 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02264u |
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