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024 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Elia ordina ad Abdia di recargli Acab Siena

024 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Elia ordina ad Abdia di recargli Acab

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Artist: Domenico Beccafumi
Year: 1519-1524
Current location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Original location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
Obadiah, steward of King Ahab, and scour the country at the behest of the king, in search of fresh grass to feed livestock, meets Elijah (I Kings, 18, 7). The Prophet ordered him to report to the king that he would present in Jerusalem on the same day. This scene Beccafumi, is characterized by less usual background of black marble, which Cecchini made ​​to think about the work of the pupil Giovanni Battista Sozzini, more likely, however, diversity is considered as an expedient to bring out the figures, given the small size of diamonds.



024 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Elia ordina ad Abdia di recargli Acab