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Fine art by MARC CHAGALL
Passage du Jourdain (The Israelites Crossing the Jordan) by the acclaimed Russian-French artist Marc Chagall. It is an etching from his famous Bible series, originally published in 1956.
Artwork Details
Artist: Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Title: Passage du Jourdain (The Israelites Crossing the Jordan)
Medium: Etching, often with hand-coloring in watercolor, on paper
Series: From the Bible portfolio, a project initiated by the publisher Ambroise Vollard in the 1930s and completed later
Subject: The biblical scene depicts the Israelites following the Ark of the Covenant as they cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land, under the command of Joshua |
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