Landscape with Moses & Burning Bush
Artist: Domenichino
1610-1616
Painting
This oil on copper painting measures 17 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (45.1 x 34 cm). It depicts a scene from the biblical book of Exodus in which a burning bush was one of three miracles that God showed Moses to confirm his mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Last Judgement
late 11th Century
Mosaic
The monumental mosaic on the counter-facade depicts the Last Judgement, the end of human time. It dates from the late 11th century, but the three upper registers were heavily restored in the 19th century.
This mosaic is in the ancient cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, the oldest building in the Venetian lagoon, and famous for its mediaeval mosaics. has survived.
This mosaic is linked to Matthew 25:31-46 - 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left...."
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