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027 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Sacrificio dei sacerdoti di Baal
Artist: Domenico Beccafumi
Year: 1519-1524
Current location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Original location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
This hexagon and the next show the two sacrifices to Baal, Elijah leave it first, then it made it impossible for the fire that will not turn on. The priests gesturing around the altar unable to make the sacrifice, coming in injury to move their gods, while Elijah, in his statuesque monumental, stretching his arm as beffarli, explaining to the people the futility of pagan worship (I Kings, 18, 25-29). Only the design of the hexagon is Beccafumi.
027 Tarsia pavimentale dell'Esagono centrale - Sacrificio dei sacerdoti di Baal