# Prophet Elijah in the Desert

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOUTS, Dieric the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on panel, 88 x 71 cm

## Commentary

The four scenes depicted on the side panels are drawn from the Old Testament, and are more plainly narrative in character. They set small figures within vast natural landscapes. Only Elijah in the desert and the angel who bends over him with his enormous wings come anywhere near the monumental scale of the central panel.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/adoration-of-the-magi-ra93499ba225ae7>)
- [Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/altarpiece-of-the-holy-sacrament-r02bb72eb1a5570>)
- [Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/altarpiece-of-the-holy-sacrament-rc3f202e2dc2187>)
- [Christ in the House of Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/christ-in-the-house-of-simon-ra8523c92ba8090>)
- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/coronation-of-the-virgin-r13f2f6b45df603>)
- [Ecce Agnus Dei](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/ecce-agnus-dei-r602c7e5c47a0c5>)
- [Hell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/hell-ra891fa74a1dc8a>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-central-panel-rf9b9592de73c1d>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-detail-rd1e5b0d9e93202>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(left wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-left-wing-r43f2ee3dfe7b5b>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(right wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-right-wing-rf9fc5075cfe4cc>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(triptych\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-triptych-r7fd64f3d388b32>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)