🕊️ Faith & Scripture
Descent from Mount Sinai
Cosimo Rosselli · 1481
Why it's great
Moses comes down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments, while the people below worship a golden calf. Cosimo Rosselli and his workshop painted this fresco in the Sistine Chapel in 1481.
Where to see it
📍 Sistine ChapelVatican City, Vatican City
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⬇ Hi-res download
918 × 570 px · 0.5 megapixels
This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one.
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
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Cosimo Rosselli was a Florentine painter born in 1439. He was one of the artists invited to Rome to paint the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the 1480s. He died in 1507.
