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Etching of a grieving woman in white beside a reed basket holding a sleeping baby among rushes by a river, with a shadowy figure at left.

The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.

An engraved print shows a woman in a white robe bending in grief beside a reed basket where a naked infant sleeps among tall rushes by a riverbank. A second, older woman stands in shadow behind a tree at left, and a text panel below cites Exodus, chapter 2, verse 3.

Artist
Nicolas Poussin
Date
1 January 1821
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2484 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1821.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: La madre de Moisés abandonando a su hijo entre los juncos

Un grabado muestra a una mujer con vestido blanco inclinada con gesto de pena junto a una cesta de juncos, donde un bebé desnudo duerme entre cañas altas a orillas de un río. A la izquierda, otra mujer mayor aparece en la sombra detrás de un árbol, y un texto bajo la escena cita el Éxodo, capítulo 2, versículo 3.

Português: A mãe de Moisés deixando seu filho entre os juncos

Uma gravura mostra uma mulher de vestido branco inclinada em tristeza ao lado de um cesto de juncos, onde um bebê nu dorme entre caniços altos à beira de um rio. À esquerda, outra mulher mais velha aparece na sombra atrás de uma árvore, e um texto abaixo da cena cita o Êxodo, capítulo 2, versículo 3.

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