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.

Exhibition Venue

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States