The Eighth Plague: Locusts (Exodus 10:12-15)

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Artist: William de Brailes
Date: c. 1250
Holding institution: Walters Art Museum
Palette: Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #B1A57E · 51%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #68552C · 17%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2C3121 · 15%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #8C784D · 11%

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Seaworn Fresco · Teal family · #64837B · 1%

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Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A76956 · <1%

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Sooted Timber · Brown family · #563500 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #953000 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Walters Art Museum

11 tags

Bible Story Both · 99%

The catalog title identifies the scene as the eighth plague from Exodus, while the image presents a large swarm of insects between groups of human figures.
Animals Both · 99%

The title identifies the insects as locusts, and numerous individually outlined insect forms visibly dominate the central area.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Multiple standing, seated, and clustered human figures occupy the left, right, and lower portions of the miniature.
Narrative Both · 97%

The image organizes figures, gestures, and the central swarm into a clearly legible episode from a biblical narrative.
Text Visual · 99%

A separate horizontal band beneath the miniature contains a visible handwritten caption in dark script.

Medieval Art Both · 98%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1250, and its illuminated miniature format and visual language are consistent with medieval art.

Metallic Visual · 95%

The ground behind the figures and swarm has a visibly reflective, metallic-looking gold appearance.
Flatness Visual · 95%

The figures and swarm are arranged against a shallow, largely non-receding ground with limited spatial depth.

Manuscript Both · 98%

The museum classification identifies the work as manuscript or decorative art, and the image visibly takes the form of an illuminated miniature with a caption.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog date of circa 1250 falls within the 1000–1400 CE period.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 85%

The work is a medieval European manuscript image of a biblical episode, a context associated with Christian manuscript illumination.

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