Moses Elects Seventy Elders
1737 painting by Jacob de Wit
| Moses elects the Council of Seventy Elders | |
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| Year | 1737 |
| Dimensions | 5.940 m (19.49 ft) × 13.710 m (44.98 ft) |
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Moses Elects Seventy Elders is a painting by Jacob de Wit, completed in December 1737 and commissioned for the interior of the City Hall in Amsterdam. It shows Moses electing seventy elders (Numbers 11:16-17, 24–25) and is now in the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. It is one of thirteen paintings by the artist on Hebrew Bible themes.
Sources
- https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-1783
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