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Elijah in the Wilderness

1878

Academic artAngelNeoclassicism
Elijah in the Wilderness

United Kingdom

フレデリック・レイトン

1830 – 1896

ヴィクトリア朝の画壇に君臨したイギリスの巨匠にして彫刻家。 王立芸術院(ロイヤル・アカデミー)の会長を長年務め、イギリスの画家として史上唯一、貴族(男爵)の称号…

1877-1878

In a desolate, rocky land, a robust man sleeps, overcome by despair.
Beside him, a beautiful and majestic angel, having just descended, carries bread and water.

This work depicts the prophet Elijah from the Old Testament, who, fleeing from Queen Jezebel who sought his life, collapsed, wishing for death.

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