- Period
- Late Gothic
- Date
- c. 1525
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1951.337
Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath
Unknown maker, c. 1525
Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of William G. Mather · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1525
- Medium
- pot-metal and white glass, and silver stain
- Dimensions
- Overall: 70.6 x 50.2 cm (27 13/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
- Period
- Late Gothic
The record
Why it matters
As told in I Kings 17:8–24, in the city of Zarephath the prophet Elijah met a widow gathering sticks who gave him food and drink. The widow's son was mortally ill and Elijah carried him upstairs where he "stretched himself upon the child three times" and called upon God. The child was revived.