Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, II
The Destruction of Pharaoh's Army
1792
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg's 'The Destruction of Pharaoh's Host' (1792) is a dramatic biblical landscape: Moses and the Israelites watch the parted waters of the Red Sea close over Pharaoh's pursuing chariots. The theatrical sky and chasm typify the Alsatian-English painter's role as stage-designer-turned-history-painter. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago