Marc Chagall1956
The Israelites Pass the Jordan
The priests bearing the ark step into the Jordan, its waters stand back in a heap, and Israel crosses over on dry ground into the promised land (Joshua 3). An etching by the Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall (1956).
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About Marc Chagall
1887-1985 · Belarusian-French
Belarusian-French modernist painter and printmaker; his Bible series (1956 etchings + 1960 lithographs) is among the most ambitious 20th-century biblical illustration cycles.