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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This biblical scene is set in Mount Carmel, where the prophet Elijah, covered with a grey mantle and holding a book, kneels before an altar. King Ahab of Israel recoils in terror at the thunderbolt sent by God to ignite Elijah's sacrifice. As a result of this sign, the people of Israel abandoned the cult of Baal and returned to the worship of Jehovah (Kings 18: 38-39). Images of the life of Elijah were increasingly popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the prophet was regarded as a founder and patron of the Carmelite order. | Subjects: | religion (Elijah) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Marienhof, J. A. (Dutch painter, active ca.1640-1649) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Coypel, Antoine (French painter, 1661-1722) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8988... | Go to resource |
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