Moses brings out the Water from the Rock and The Falling of the Manna, 1543-1545...

Moses brings out the Water from the Rock and The Falling of the Manna (Mosè fa sgorgare l'acqua dalla roccia e Caduta della manna), by Bronzino, 1543-1545, 16th Century, fresco Whole artwork view. Frontal view of the entrance decorated with frescos describing towo biblic episodes; on the left, the Jewish people in the desert mill around a spring to drink water; a crouched man bends down in order to drink the water assembled on the ground, and behind him women water their sons; above, Moses, depicted as a bearded man, looks towards the sky touching with a cane the side of the rocks from which pours water; on the right, Jewish collect flocks of manna putting them in various containers or in their gaments, next to a young man barechested carries an amphora on his back, and a woman kneeling down with her hands in a vase, is taken while turning her head to a smiling boy; on the entrance gate, on the left, is placed the globe on which a naked putto lays a golden chalice containing a host, while holding a drape with the other hand Bronzino Palazzo Vecchio