The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576) · 1514–15, printed 1549

woodcut
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Titian may have identified the Egyptians in this composition, drowned in the Red Sea as they pursue the fleeing Israelites, with the League of Cambrai, a military alliance formed by the major powers in southern Europe and a menace to his hometown of Venice.

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