Identification title(s): the priests invoke baal and pray for fire. History of elijah and the priests of baal (series title). Object type: print serial number: 2/4object number: rp-p-1961-444. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 31. New hollstein dutch 129 note: maarten van heemskerck. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: the baal priests shout and dance around their altar and call on their god baal and pray to him for fire for the burnt offering. In the background you can see how elijah has the old altar rebuilt from twelve large stone blocks. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: philips galle, after a design by: maarten van heemskerck (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: haarlem. Dating: in or after 1567 - ca. 1570. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 205 mm × w 253 mm. Subject: what: an altar is prepared by the baal-worshippers and a bull is laid upon it; all the priests' cries, wild dances and self-mutilations are in vain (sacrifice on mount carmel). Elijah takes twelve stones and repairs the ruined altar; he prepares his sacrifice. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1961. Date: in of na 1567 - ca. 1570.
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