Offering the First Fruits of the Harvest
Simeon Solomon
Wood engraving by the Dalziels [1862].
7 x 5½ inches
Alex Foley, Art Pictures from the Old Testament, p.91.
Exodus, xxii: 29. An ensemble pieces in which the characters excitedly speak and gesture to each other. The interplay of hands is again a prominent expressive feature and so is the interest in naturalistic detail. The Pre-Raphaelite exactitude of the vines, fruit and wicker baskets gives the image an intense materiality which validates the idea of the Old Testament as history.
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Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.