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ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS, Unidentified, early 20th century

Unidentified

ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS

early 20th century · Sculpture · 66.7 × 42.2 cm

May one see it?

Unknown

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the sculpture

This carving illustrates a story from the first book of Kings in the Old Testament. God wanted to punish the evil king of Israel, so he sent Elijah to tell the king that he would stop the rain from falling for three years. To escape the king’s anger, Elijah ran away to the desert where the ravens brought him “bread and meat” every day. The unknown artist used elements from the story, such as the ravens, the boulders in the river, and the folds in Elijah’s cloak, to create an eye-catching pattern of carved textures and bright colors.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

Accession number
1986.65.294

What it shows

RavenLandscapeAnimalReligionBible, O.T.BirdGardenElizah

In the catalog

SculptureWoodImpressionismModernism20th centuryFolk Art

Sources

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