Elijah challenging the prophet to a sacrifice
Artwork Details
- Title: Elijah challenging the prophet to a sacrifice
- Artist: Paul Ponce Antoine Robert-de-Seri (French, 1686–1733)
- Artist: After Maturino da Firenze (Italian, active ca. 1528)
- Date: ca. 1729
- Medium: Etching and aquatint in brown and blue
- Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/2 × 14 3/16 in. (21.6 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 20 13/16 × 15 1/4 in. (52.9 × 38.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
- Object Number: 60.708(5)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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