Tag: Elijah
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Ermanno Stroiffi’s Elijah and the widow of Zarephath, With Footnotes – #136
Estimated for €8,000 – €12,000 in November 2022 The Bible states that Elijah is a Tishbite from Gilead, who visited King Ahab to give him a message from God that there would be no rain in the land until he declared it. In order to avoid the wrath of the king, God told Elijah to hide by the Brook…
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23 Works, December 18th. is Frank O. Salisbury’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #251
Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the ‘Christian Soldiers’ from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent…
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23 Works, December 18th. is Frank O. Salisbury’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #251
Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the ‘Christian Soldiers’ from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent…
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Ford Madox Brown, LIJAH AND THE WIDOW 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 123
Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893 ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW, c. 1864 Watercolour, heighted with bodycolour and gum Arabic 40 by 26cm., 16 by 10in. Private collection The shadow on the wall projected by a bird returning to its nest, typifies the return of the soul to the body. The Hebrew writing over the door consists of…
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