Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan

JoshuaWW-1805-331301

1805·Oil on canvas·82.9 × 72.8 cm (32 5/8 × 28 5/8 in.)

Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Timm R. Reynolds and Jill Burnside Zeno; Bulley and Andrews, Edna Graham, Love Galleries, Mary Swissler Oldberg, Ratcliffe Foundation, and Quinn E. Delaney funds; Walter Aitken, Dr. Julian Archie, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herst, Jay W. McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Puth, Stone Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection and Ruth Helgeson

Catalogue

Year: 1805
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 82.9 × 72.8 cm (32 5/8 × 28 5/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Joshua

Artist

Joshua

Joshua, also known as Yehoshua, Jehoshua, or Josue, was Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible. His name was Hoshea the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua", the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus.

Seoul, South Korea

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