Finding of Moses. Paolo

The Finding of Moses, probably 1570/1575
oil on canvas
overall: 58 x 44.5 cm (22 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.) overall (framed): 81.1 x 68 x 7.3 cm (31 15/16 x 26 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
1937.1.38                 

Louis Michel Vanloo [1707-1771], Paris; (his sale, Paris, 14 December 1772, no. 2);

purchased by (Augustin Ménageot, Paris) through Denis Diderot [1713-1784], Paris, for Catherine II, empress of Russia [1729-1796], Saint Petersburg;[1] Imperial Hermitage Gallery, Saint Petersburg;

purchased November 1930 through (Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; and M. Knoedler & Co., New York) by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded 1 May 1937 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2]

 gift 1937 to NGA.