Exceptionelle II
Lot 103:
Description
Keywords: Old Master Baroque, Seicento period, religious narrative, early modern Europe, Continental workshop, sacred imagery, 1600’s
A finely rendered Old Master oil painting on canvas depicting the biblical meeting of Melchizedek, king of Salem, and Abraham as described in Genesis 14:18–20. Melchizedek is shown bringing out bread and wine and blessing Abraham as a priest of God Most High, declaring: “Blessed be Abraham by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.”
Early work possibly 17th Century. Relined and stabilized
Art: 35 1/4 x 47 in. (89.5 x 119.4 cm.) approx
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