12 Works, Today, March 25th. is artist Cherubino Cornienti’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #83

Finding of Moses. The book of Exodus (2:5) recounts how a Hebrew woman saved her infant son from Pharoah’s massacre of Hebrew children by placing him in a basket on the Nile. Pharoah’s daughter, while bathing on the banks of the river, found the child, adopted him, and named him Moses. More on Finding of Moses

Cherubino Cornienti (March 25, 1816 — May 12, 1860) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style mainly in Northern Italy.

When he was early 12 years of age, he was admitted to the Brera Academy. In 1835, he participated in the annual exhibition at the Academy, and the next year, along with Domenico Induno, he won a prestigious award. He began a studio, alongside Induno, Giuseppe Mongeri, and Mauro Conconi…

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