Elijah fed by the ravens, Roelant Savery (workshop of), 1634

Identification

Title(s)

Elijah fed by the ravens

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1297

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, bottom right: ‘Roeland / Savery FE 16[3?]4’

Description

In een heuvelachtig landschap wordt Elia door de raven gevoed. Tussen de rotsen en bomen loeren allerlei dieren (herten, vos, reiger, ooievaar). De profeet knielt naast een bergbeek die overgaat in een watervalletje, rechts een grotere waterval.

Creation

Artist

painter: Roelant Savery (workshop of)

Dating

1634

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on copper

Material

Measurements

support: height 40.3 cm × width 49.2 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

Elijah fed by the raven(s): while the prophet is living by the brook, ravens bring him food

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 10-Jan-1886

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, C.F. Berré (†), Leiden (C.F. Roos), 7 September 1885, no. 59, fl. 95, to the museum{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 165, no. 453 (28 October 1885, no. 2572); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, p. 80, no. 180 (13 January 1886).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, p. 351, 352

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5386

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