The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46), by Stefano Pozzi, 1720–68
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The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46)

Stefano Pozzi (Italian, Rome 1699–1768 Rome)

1720–68

Medium
Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper faded to brown
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
11-9/16 x 18-7/8 in. (29.4 x 48.0 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art