Rembrandt van Rijn1631

Elijah Fed by the Ravens

Hidden by the brook Cherith through the drought, the prophet Elijah is fed by ravens that bring him bread and meat morning and evening (1 Kings 17). An etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1631).

Elijah Fed by the Ravens by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting 1 Kings 17:4
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606-1669 · Dutch

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.