Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath (c. 1525): Art, History and Details

Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath (c. 1525) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

As told in I Kings 17:8–24, in the city of Zarephath the prophet Elijah met a widow gathering sticks who gave him food and drink. The widow's son was mortally ill and Elijah carried him upstairs where he "stretched himself upon the child three times" and called upon God. The child was revived.

Object facts

• Title: Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath
• Date: c. 1525
• Culture: North Netherlands, 16th century
• Type: Glass
• Technique: pot-metal and white glass, and silver stain
• Dimensions: Overall: 70.6 x 50.2 cm (27 13/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
• Collection: MED - Gothic
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1951.337

Collection credit

Bequest of William G. Mather

Further reading listed by the museum

• Milliken, William, and Henry Francis. "Bequest of William G. Mather." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 38, no. 8 (October 1951): 196-198

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