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Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens
Jan Saenredam, Abraham Bloemaert1604
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens
- Creator: Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607), Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607), Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651)
- Date Created: 1604
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: Louise S. Richards, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.263
- Medium: engraving
- State of work: I/II
- Series: Scenes of the Prophet Elijah
- Inscriptions: lower left, in plate: Abraham, Bloemaert inven, / Joan, Saeredam sculp, et excudebat / A 1604 ; lower left, in yellow ink: 13 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: PvA
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Netherlands, early 17th Century
- Credit Line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards
- Collection: PR - Engraving
- Accession Number: 1991.263
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