Giovanni Antonio Faldoni (1689 - c. 1770)

Giovanni Antonio Faldoni (1689 - 1770) - Elijah To Mount Horeb / Description: Shown is the scene from the history of Elijah. Elijah felt asleep in the desert. Suddenly an angel touched him. The angel said, “Get up and eat.” Elijah looked around. Near his head he saw some bread. It had been baked over hot coals. A jar of water was also there. So Elijah ate and drank. Then he lay down again. The angel came to him a second time. He touched him and said, “Get up and eat. Your journey will be long and hard.” So he got up. He ate and drank. The food gave him new strength. He traveled for 40 days and 40 nights. He kept going until he arrived at Horeb. It was the mountain of God. The print has the initials of the engraver AF bottom right corner. Beneath a Latin text line and also the address of Guiseppe Baroni, Engraver and later publisher in Venice . Died 1730. / Dimensions: 24,80 x 16,80 cm Good impression. Moderate age spotting. Full plate border and margins. Thick laid paper from the period. Flattened middle fold. / Literature: