# Elisha and the Shunammite Woman

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## Artwork

- Artist: [EECKHOUT, Gerbrand van den](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 112 x 159 cm

## Commentary

In the Biblical story the prophet commands his servant to go with the kneeling woman and resurrect her dead son. In the typological comparison of Old and New Testament themes the kneeling Shunammite is a prefiguration of Mary Magdalene at the feet of Christ.

## Related artworks

- [A Musical Party](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/a-musical-party-r3b3098a1a794d2>)
- [Abraham and the Three Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/abraham-and-the-three-angels-r56cd6ca4367936>)
- [Bathing Men](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/bathing-men-rc909e664760bd2>)
- [Elisha and the Shunammite Woman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/elisha-and-the-shunammite-woman-detail-reff48ffd31a989>)
- [Isaac Blessing Jacob \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/isaac-blessing-jacob-detail-raebd3bdd3e43d4>)
- [Isaac Blessing Jacob](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/isaac-blessing-jacob-r47b6a22267b453>)
- [Jeroboam&#39;s Sacrifice at Bethel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/jeroboams-sacrifice-at-bethel-r7515d8fd016be5>)
- [Party on a Terrace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/party-on-a-terrace-r711c569a3bcbe1>)
- [Portrait of a Boy as Daifilo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/portrait-of-a-boy-as-daifilo-rfed66e9351058c>)
- [Portrait of a Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/portrait-of-a-family-r3c959974886429>)
- [Portrait of Maria Dircksdr. Bogaert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/portrait-of-maria-dircksdr-bogaert-r30187b8ea8ce52>)
- [Presentation in the Temple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eeckhout-gerbrand-van-den-r43e26053fd8f18/presentation-in-the-temple-r87c7e83ae55b6a>)

## Attribution

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