
AT-00019011
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Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Bénard (French, active 1740 to 1758)
- Date
- 18th century
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 9 15/16 in. (38.8 x 25.2 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1982
- Accession no.
- 1982.61
Provenance
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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