Sculpture of Moses with Tablets of the Law, ca. 1170, Made in Noyon, Picardy (Oise), France, French, Limestone, polychromy, Overall: 49 x 15 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (124.5 x 40 x 34 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture of Moses, holding the tablets with the Ten Commandments, and the opposite figure, his brother Aaron, form part of a rare ensemble of key figures from the Hebrew Bible. Often shown together on Gothic portals as forerunners of Jesus, they and other statues originally flanked an enthroned Virgin and Child that still survives in the Gothic cathedral at Noyon
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Sculpture, Moses, Tablets, Law, ca, 1170, Noyon, Picardy, Oise, France, French, Limestone, polychromy, Overall, 49 x 15 3/4 13 3/8, 124.5 40 34 cm, sculpture, holding, tablets, Ten Commandments, opposite figure, brother Aaron, form part, rare ensemble, key figures, Hebrew Bible, Often shown, together, Gothic portals, forerunners, Jesus, statues originally, flanked, enthroned Virgin, Child, survives, cathedral
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