Illustration: 71M36x71M4321x71M431x1
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| Title | Ahab is reproved by Elijah and asked to gather the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel for a contest, as Elijah prays, God sends fire which burns up not only his sacrifice but also the altar itself; the people fall prostrate, an altar is prepared by the Baal-worshippers and a bull is laid upon it; all the priests' cries, wild dances and self-mutilations are in vain (sacrifice on Mount Carmel) |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 107x89 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Artist | Christoffel (2) van Sichem |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1657 |
| Iconclass | 71M36,71M4321,71M431 |
| Iconclass description | Ahab is reproved by Elijah and asked to gather the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel for a contest, as Elijah prays, God sends fire which burns up not only his sacrifice but also the altar itself; the people fall prostrate, an altar is prepared by the Baal-worshippers and a bull is laid upon it; all the priests' cries, wild dances and self-mutilations are in vain (sacrifice on Mount Carmel) |
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (I Kings) vol.1 p.Qq1v |
References
Literature references
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306
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