Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (1 Kings 19:4-8)

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, Genoa 1667–1749 Genoa)
Date: 1687–1749
Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on light brown paper
Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (26.3 x 22.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1953
Accession no.: 53.169

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