Monastery in the ravine of Wadi Kelt Accession Number: ART02712

Description

The Greek monastery of St George was built in the late fifth century. It is believed to contain the cave where Elijah was fed by the ravens. It was hewn out of the precipitous cliffs of the Wadi Kelt, a few kilometres above Jericho. Lambert used a vertical format to get a sense of the unusual location, the precipitous cliffs, and the way the monastery is part of the rock face.

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Accession Number
ART02712
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on wood panel
Measurement
Framed: 28.2 cm x 22 cm
Unframed: 22 cm x 15.6 cm
Medium
oil on wood panel
Date Made
c. May 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1918
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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