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Jan 23, 2007
Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens
Scenes of the Prophet Elijah
Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens
1604
Jan Saenredam
(Dutch, 1565–1607)
published by
Jan Saenredam
(Dutch, 1565–1607)
after Abraham Bloemaert
(Dutch, 1564–1651)
Engraving
Support: Cream(1) laid paper
Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards 1991.263
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein XXIII.16.14
State: I/II
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According to the Old Testament, Elijah, a ninth-century BC Hebrew prophet, survived his time in the wilderness with the help of a raven sent by God, who fed him bread and venison.
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