The prophet Elijah sits on the ground in the wilderness. Two ravens come to bring him food. The print has a Latin text in the lower margin.
| Artist |
Jan Saenredam
RKD
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Abraham Bloemaert
RKD
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Jan Saenredam
RKD
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| Title | Elijah Is Fed by the Ravens in the Wilderness |
| Date | 1604 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Assendelft TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription: Abraham, Bloemaert inven./ Joan, Saenredam sculp, et excudebat/ A 1604 |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: 3 | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iusserat irriguas Carithi torrentis [...] alma venit, phoeboq cadente recedit. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-KB-2-2 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KB-2-2 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11556/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11I62(ELIJAH)31
Elijah as first hermit
Iconclass
11Q3 ascetic life and practice Iconclass 11Q31 mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 41C111 giving food Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71M story of Elijah (Elias) Iconclass 71M12 Elijah fed by the raven(s): while the prophet is living by the brook, ravens bring him food Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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