Anthonie Waterloo
Dutch, c. 1610-1690
Elias in the Wilderness, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament
INV-1294
Anthonie Waterloo
Dutch, c. 1610-16901650/60
Elias in the Wilderness, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament
Anthonie Waterloo Dutch, c. 1610-1690 →etchingprint
Date
1650/60
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.3 × 25 cm (11 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 29.5 × 25.3 cm (11 5/8 × 10 in.); Sheet: 30 × 25.7 cm (11 13/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Anonymous gift
While historical documents record Antoni Waterlo as primarily a painter, today he is best known as a printmaker. Waterlo was considered a master at depicting trees, understanding their structures as some artists did the human skeleton. This print shows the prophet Elias alone near the river Jordan after his unpopular foretelling of an imminent drought forced him to leave the kingdom of Samaria. Ravens bring him bread and meat, fulfilling God’s promise to feed his faithful servant. The scene is hidden within the exuberant foliage of the wilderness.
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