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Description: | The style of this work bears similarities to that of Mola, a seventeenth-century artist who produced dramatic compositions in landscape settings inspired by Venetian painting. The subject of the work is unusual, and may have been inspired by Guercino's painting now in the National Gallery, London. The prophet Elijah announced that God was sending a drought to punish his people's irreligious attitude. Elijah survived because God sent ravens to feed him. In the top right of the composition, the birds fly down carrying a roll and a chop; Elijah holds up his hands in acceptance and thanks. | Subjects: | 1 Kings 17.6) religion (Elijah fed by ravens); animal (raven); figure; literature (Bible | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mola, Pier Francesco (Italian painter and draftsman, 1612-1666) Æ Manner of Previously attributed to Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8868... | Go to resource |
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