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Peter Paul Rubens
The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Desertcirca 1626-1627

Not on view
Oil sketch, vertical narrative painting with six loosely rendered figures — women carrying baskets, a bearded man holding an infant and a staff — gathered between gilded columns under a gray sky

Peter Paul Rubens, The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Desert, circa 1626-1627, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Peter Paul Rubens
Germany, Siegen, 1577-1640, active Southern Netherlands
Title
The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Desert
Date Made
circa 1626-1627
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Panel: 25 1/2 × 21 in. (64.77 × 53.34 cm) Framed: 34 × 29 1/2 × 4 in. (86.36 × 74.93 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund
Accession Number
M.69.20
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Bauman, Guy C., and Walter A. Liedtke. Flemish Paintings in America: a Survey of Early Netherlandish and Flemish Paintings in the Public Collections of North America. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator, 1992.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Vergara, Alejandro, and Anne T. Woollett, eds. Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2014.
  • The Armand Hammer Collection: October 2-December 30, 1969. Memphis: Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, 1969.
  • Held, Julius S. The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: a Critical Catalogue. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980.

  • Marandel, J. Patrice. Abecedario: Collecting and Recollecting. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.