The Israelites Resting after the Crossing of the Red Sea  1815

[b]In 1812 Eckersberg was commissioned to paint the Israelites’ crossing of the Red Sea, when Moses and the Jewish people escaped Pharaoh’s soldiers.[/b] [br] The painting became Eckersberg key commission while in Rome 1813-16. Rather than the crossing itself, however, he elected to depict the following scene, showing the Israelistes resting after their crossing. As he sa...