The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Desert by an Angel

The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Desert by an Angel

SK-A-4129

De profeet Elia bij dageraad in de woestijn door een engel gewekt. De profeet kijkt verschrift op naar de engel die met de linkerhand naar achteren wijst. Vervaardigd in 1624-25 als deel van een reeks van acht schilderijen voor de kapel van de sacramenten in de kerk San Paolo fuori le mura te Rome.

painter: Giovanni Lanfranco, Italy

1624 - 1625

oil on canvas

• height 212 cm x width 230 cm
• depth 9 cm
• weight 60 kg

purchase 1967

Public domain

Inv.; …; the dealer Gasparini, Rome, 1965;{Note RMA.} …; from the dealer Agnew, London, £ 3,800, to the museum, 1967

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• Documentatiemap SK
• Cat. Paintings by Old Masters, P. & D. Colnaghi, 1974-05-21 t/m 1974-06-22
• E. Schleier, Lanfranco Malereien der Sakraments-Kapelle in S. Paolo fuori le mura in Roma, das widergefundene Bild des "Wachtelfall", Part III, Arte Antica e Moderna 31/32 (1965), p. 343-364
• E. Schleier, Lanfranco Malereien der Sakraments-Kapelle in S. Paolo fuori le mura in Roma, das widergefundene Bild des "Wachtelfall", Part I, Arte Antica e Moderna 29 (1965), p. 62-81
• E. Schleier, Lanfranco Malereien der Sakraments-Kapelle in S. Paolo fuori le mura in Roma, das widergefundene Bild des "Wachtelfall", Part II, Arte Antica e Moderna 30 (1965), p. 188-202
• G. P. Bellori, Le Vite de' Pittori, Scultori e Architetti, Rome 1642, p. 373 (hier als Habakkuk en de Engel)
• G...?..., Catalogue des Tableaux des Ecoles italiennes et espagnoles. Rome 1845, nr. 584
• B.H. La Penta, Giovanni Lanfranco: La decorazione della Cappella del Sacramento a San Paolo, Bollettino d'Arte 48 (1963), p. 54-66
• The Burlington Magazine CX (1968), p. 595, 596
• V. Camuccini en G. B. Borrani, Catalogue des Tableaux composant la Galerie de feu son Eminence la Cardinal Fesch, Rome 1841, p. 20, 21, 56, 57
• L. Reau, L'Iconographie du prophète Elie, Les Etudes carmélitaines ches Desclée de Brouwer (1956), p. 233-267

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