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The Finding of Moses

Bartolomeo Biscaino · c. 1655

Bartolomeo Biscaino: Genoese, 1629 - 1657

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The Finding of Moses

c. 1655

Etching on ivory laid paper · Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

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Etching on ivory laid paper
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18.9 × 24.4 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
Collection no.
1999.685
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Bartolomeo Biscaino. The Finding of Moses, c. 1655. Inventory 1999.685. Bartolomeo Biscaino; Art Institute of Chicago. Collection credit: Stanley Field Endowment. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). https://www.artic.edu/artworks/153255. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression. Existing creator authority Q2886080 explicitly identifies Chicago artist 33643 and NGA constituent 3531. Local biography years remain 1629 / 1657; Chicago's numeric person fields remain 1629 / 1657, with object display 'Bartolomeo Biscaino\nItalian, before 1629-1657'. NGA's date wording 'Genoese, 1629 - 1657' is retained separately. These source assertions identify the same creator through explicit identifiers and names; no biography or creator link is changed. Individual physical-object date review retains the museum's 'c. 1655' and numeric interval 1650–1660; the interval can extend beyond a stated artist death. This exact museum sheet/impression has a source interval wholly before 1970. No design date, lifetime bound, exact year or posthumous status is invented.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

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The Finding of Moses — Bartolomeo Biscaino. c. 1655.

Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: 18.9 × 24.4 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Bartolomeo Biscaino. The Finding of Moses, c. 1655. Inventory 1999.685. Bartolomeo Biscaino; Art Institute of Chicago. Collection credit: Stanley Field Endowment. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). https://www.artic.edu/artworks/153255. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression. Existing creator authority Q2886080 explicitly identifies Chicago artist 33643 and NGA constituent 3531. Local biography years remain 1629 / 1657; Chicago's numeric person fields remain 1629 / 1657, with object display 'Bartolomeo Biscaino\nItalian, before 1629-1657'. NGA's date wording 'Genoese, 1629 - 1657' is retained separately. These source assertions identify the same creator through explicit identifiers and names; no biography or creator link is changed. Individual physical-object date review retains the museum's 'c. 1655' and numeric interval 1650–1660; the interval can extend beyond a stated artist death. This exact museum sheet/impression has a source interval wholly before 1970. No design date, lifetime bound, exact year or posthumous status is invented.