The Fifth Plague of Egypt: Cattle (Exodus 9:1-6)

ca. 1250 (Medieval)

9.5 cm 13.2 cm

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This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a scene from Exodus, in which God rained plagues upon Egypt. In the fifth plague, one of the most severe, all of the Egyptians' cattle died. Here Moses, horned (a sign of his encounter with divinity), repeats his plea to Pharaoh...

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Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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