The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46)

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Artist: Stefano Pozzi (Italian, Rome 1699–1768 Rome)
Date: 1720–68
Medium: Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper faded to brown
Dimensions: 11-9/16 x 18-7/8 in. (29.4 x 48.0 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession no.: 87.12.131

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020547

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