The Gathering of the Manna
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens
(Flemish, 1577 - 1640)
Datec. 1625
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions192 x 162 in. (487.7 x 411.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN211
The manna that the Israelites gathered in the desert, like the bread and wine offered to Abraham by Melchizedek in the other Old Testament cartoon, prefigures the New Testament Eucharist. The subject, taken from Exodus 16:13-36, represents a second miraculous feeding, or divine nourishment, of the Israelites during their journey through the Sinai desert. The white flakes of Manna that mysteriously fell from Heaven are here shown as round wafers that resemble the host of the Mass.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 02
