Elijah the Prophet in the wilderness

Iconography:  Elijah in the Wilderness

Date: XV century. The late 15th – early 16th centuries.

Iconographic school/art center:  The Novgorod school, the northern province.

Origin: From the Chapel of Elijah the Prophet in the village of Pyalma, Pudozhsky district, the Republic of Karelia.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 57 cm, width 41,8 cm

Elijah the Prophet is portrayed seated on a stone against hills.

Inv. № И-363. © Republic of Karelia Museum of Fine Arts

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