Jean MURAT (1807–1863) Moses Striking the Rock, 1836 Oil on canvas. Unsigned. (Original canvas (Vallé & Bourniche, Paris. Successors to Belot), tension strips, restorations, and non-original stretcher). 113 x 145 cm Framed. Competition: Historical Painting, Grand Prix, Académie de France, Rome, April 23–September 24, 1836: Second Prize awarded unanimously. Bibliography: Philippe Grunchec, *La Peinture à l’École des Beaux-Arts, Les Concours des prix de Rome (1797–1863)*, Volume II, Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 1986, cited on pp. 328 and 329; preparatory study reproduced on p. 330. The sketch for this painting, created for the first round of the Grand Prix on April 25, 1836, is housed at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Senlis. Keywords: Judaica, Jew, Jewish, Hebrew, rabbis, Torah, Hebrew, Hebraica, Judaism, synagogue, Zionism, Passover, Haggadah, Passover, menorah, Hanukkah, Torah, Juden, Israelite, Israel, antisemitism, Dreyfus, Megillah, Sephardic, ketubah