27 Sluter’s Well of Moses

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Claus Sluter’s, The Well of Moses. The prophets depicted include: Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel, and Isaiah.

Claus Sluter (with Claus de Werve), The Well of Moses, 1395–1405 (calvary finished 1399, prophets 1402–05, painted by Jean Malouel c. 1402), Asnières stone with gilding and polychromy, slightly less than 7 meters high, originally close to 13 meters with cross. Located on the grounds of the former Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, France established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.