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021 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Elia nutrito dai corvi nel deserto Siena
Artist: Alessandro Franchi
Year: 1878
Current location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Original location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
The stories begin at the scene of Elijah fed by ravens in the wilderness, which bring cakes during his exile given by God in the time of famine (I Kings, 17, 6). The shortage of rainfall had been willed by God, who reproached his people have abandoned in favor of the worship of the god Baal, Elijah was in fact the last of the priests of God, against the 450 of Baal. Designed by the Franks, shows detached objectivity and concise, typical of purism.
021 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Elia nutrito dai corvi nel deserto