The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A vertically oriented stained glass panel depicts two light-skinned figures. On our left, Elijah stands bearded in a burgundy robe and white hat, facing right. To our right, the widow kneels toward him in a red dress and white mantle, holding thick wooden logs across her chest. Behind them, a rolling green landscape features a river, a house, and a distant, pale-colored town under a white sky.

Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

c. 1525

North Netherlands, 16th century

pot-metal and white glass, and silver stain
Overall: 70.6 x 50.2 cm (27 13/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Bequest of William G. Mather 1951.337
Location: 112 Northern Renaissance

Description

As told in I Kings 17:8–24, in the city of Zarephath the prophet Elijah met a widow gathering sticks who gave him food and drink. The widow's son was mortally ill and Elijah carried him upstairs where he "stretched himself upon the child three times" and called upon God. The child was revived.
  • William G. Mather, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Milliken, William, and Henry Francis. "Bequest of William G. Mather." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 38, no. 8 (October 1951): 196-198 Mentioned: p. 197 www.jstor.org
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.337