桑德罗·波提切利（Sandro Botticelli) 西斯廷小教堂（Cappella Sistina）摩西壁画

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On the south wall of the Cappella Sistina, the Stories of Moses, which originally included eight panels are depicted. The second panel fresco shows various episodes of the Exodus regarding the youth of Moses (from right to left). He kills the Egyptian who had ill-treated an Israelite and then flees into the desert to Midian (Exodus 2:11-15). He fights the shepherds who wanted to prevent the daughters of Jethro, among whom his future wife Zipporah, from watering their flock at the well (Exodus 2:16-22). Hearing the voice of God, he removes his sandals and approaches the burning bush, where he receives the order to return to Egypt and the announcement of his mission to free the Jews from slavery (Exodus 3:1-12). This last episode is the one to which the title of the upper frieze refers: "TEMPTATIO MOISI LEGIS SCRIPTAE LATORIS". In killing the Egyptian, Moses can be seen as a pre-figuration of Christ who defeats the devil. The scene is therefore closely related to the temptations of Christ in the desert, shown on the opposite wall (Temptations of Christ). In the central story of the daughters of Jethro, Moses appears as a good shepherd, while in the other episodes he is the appointed head of the Chosen People. (http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/ ... Ns_S_StMose_05.html)

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西斯廷小教堂内祭坛两侧墙壁各有6幅壁画，南墙上的摩西组画从西往东分别为《摩西前往埃及》、《摩西与叶忒罗的女儿》、《以色列人与法老军队在红海》、《摩西给以色列人带来“十诫”律法》、《惩罚可拉党》、《摩西之死》。2010年梵蒂冈《摩西与叶忒罗的女儿》邮票纪念桑德罗·波提切利死后500年。