The prophet Elijah kneels before the altar he doused with water and calls his God to leave the sacrificial fires. Left looks to King Ahab. In the background are the priests of Baal at their altar Where: vain they call upon Baal to burn their sacrifice. Down in the margin a four two-line verses in Dutch and in the middle of the reference to the Bible in 1 Kings. 18: 36. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymously to print by: Pieter Nolpeuitgever: Rombout van den Hoeye (indicated on object) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1637 - 1671 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: eng
The prophet Elijah kneels before the altar he doused with water and calls his God to leave the sacrificial fires. Left looks to King Ahab. In the background are the priests of Baal at their altar Where: vain they call upon Baal to burn their sacrifice. Down in the margin a four two-line verses in Dutch and in the middle of the reference to the Bible in 1 Kings. 18: 36. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymously to print by: Pieter Nolpeuitgever: Rombout van den Hoeye (indicated on object) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1637 - 1671 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 426 mm b × 514 mmToelichtingVerschillende Amsterdam publishers gave from the 30s of the seventeenth century great Biblical prints on supposedly generous size paper (approx 480 x 580 mm) out. The issue of Bible prints generously by the company Visscher Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Nicolaes Visscher (I) and (II) is the most well known. This print was copied to the print of the same subject that was published by the firm Visscher. Subject: as Elijah prays, God sends fire burns up How many followers not only his sacrifice but usefull the altar itself; the people fall prostrate
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