Pieter Lastman

Exhibited by Galleria Carlo Virgilio & C.

Material Oil on panel

Dimensions 48.4 × 35.3 cm

Place of Creation Holland

Status Vetted

About the Work

The "Angel Appearing to Elijah" shows all the hall marks of Lastman’s most powerful paintings. The strongly lit figures, characteristically clad in brightly coloured, deeply folded garments, are set close to the beholder on a diagonal stage. Behind them, an Italianate landscape evokes the ‘wilderness’ the prophet has fled to.

Lastman’s penchant for drama is showing in the figure of the angel, wearing a flowing white dress, with a gold brocade cloak, fastened with an agraffe with a red stone.

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