Plaque

This plaque depicts the biblical scene of the finding of Moses. The Book of Exodus recounts how during the captivity in Egypt of the Jewish people, the pharaoh decreed that all newborn sons of Hebrews should be cast into the river. The infant Moses was placed by his mother in a basket among the bulrushes. He was discovered there by the pharaoh’s daughter, who is shown here under the parasol, accompanied by her servants. A plaque after the same print is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.