Christ in Passion with Moses and Solomon

Christ in Passion with Moses and Solomon by Moretto da Brescia is a typological altarpiece presenting the suffering Christ flanked by the two Old Testament figures whose lives and writings were understood to prefigure Christ's Passion. Moses, who led the Israelites through the desert with miraculous water from the rock, and Solomon, whose Song of Songs was read as an allegory of Christ's love for the Church, both provided the Old Testament framework within which the Passion's meaning was understood. Typological altarpieces — presenting Old Testament prefigurations alongside the New Testament fulfillment — were a specifically Counter-Reformation genre, asserting the continuity of Scripture against Protestant claims of Catholic departure from biblical truth.

Moretto's restrained palette and precise figure placement serve the theological program, with the three figures arranged to emphasize the typological connections between Old and New Testament narratives.