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 Bible Art

The Gathering of Manna
Artist: Maerten de Vos
 1570    Painting

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This oil on panel painting measures 21¼ x 29 inches. It is signed and dates in the lower right corner.

This painting belongs to a group of cabinet pictures painted by de Vos towards the end of his life, and including the Apollo and the Muses in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. 

The Gathering of the Manna
Artist: Guido Reni
 1621    Painting

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Manna is described in the Bible as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan.

Reni's oil on canvas Baroque painting was completed in 1621.