The Sacrifice of Elijah before King Ahab
1680s
Artist, Italian, 1663 - 1721

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown and black ink with brown wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (arched top): 61.5 x 47.8 cm (24 3/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
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Accession
2000.53.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 2 July 1985, no. 67, as Paolo de' Matteis, A King Sacrificing); Private Collection, Switzerland. (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2000 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1999
Scavizzi, Giuseppe. "Drawings by Artists in Giordano's Circle: Simonelli, Malinconico, and De Matteis." Master Drawings 37 (1999): 246, fig. 15.
2000
Paul Prouté S.A., Dessins / Estampes, Catalogue "Prud'hon". Paris, 2000: no. 10.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 990355
Wikidata ID
Q64618481