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  2. Marc Chagall

Artist Marc Chagall, 1887–1985

Works featured in these exhibitions


The Hospitality of Abraham (Icon of The Holy Trinity; The Old Testament Trinity) by Andrei Rublev
Abraham and the Three Angels by Marc Chagall
Abraham and the Angels by Robert Wagner

Genesis 18 The Hospitality of Abraham

Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, by Rembrandt van Rijn
Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, by Benjamin West
Jacob Blessing Joseph’s Children, from The Bible, by Marc Chagall

Genesis 48 Jacob blesses Joseph’s Children

Sarcophagus of the crossing of the Red Sea by Unknown artist
Crossing the Red Sea by Marc Chagall
Israelites Crossing the Red Sea by Israelites Crossing the Red Sea

Exodus 14 Crossing the Red Sea

Ruth and Naomi, by John Warrington Wood
The Wedding Dress, by Frederick W. Elwell
Naomi and her daughters-in-law, by Marc Chagall

Ruth 1 An Uncertain Future

The Murder of Amnon by his brother Absalom by Bernardo Cavallino
Amnon and Thamar by Jan Steen
David and Absalom (from 'The Bible') by Marc Chagall

2 Samuel 13 Tamar and Amnon

Queen Vashti Leaving the Royal Palace, fragment of a Florentine cassone with the Scenes with the Story of Esther by Filippino Lippi
Ahaseurus Sends Vashti Away (Assuérus Chasse Vashti) by Marc Chagall
Vashti's Tail by Richard McBee

Esther 1 Banished Vashti

Psalm 136 (Psalm 137) from St Albans Psalter by Unknown English artist
Three paintings in the Abu Ghraib prison series as displayed at the Parque Fundidora in Monterrey City, Mexico, January 2008 by Fernando Botero
The Western Wall ('By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep...') by Marc Chagall

Psalm 137 By the Rivers of Babylon

King David and his Musicians from the Vespasian Psalter by Unknown artist, England
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Joseph by Marc Chagall

Psalm 147 A Song of Thanksgiving

His lips are like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh… Solomon’s Song 5:12, 13 by Lika Tov
Le Cantique des Cantiques II (Song of Songs II I.7) by Marc Chagall
Photo: Frederic Griffiths Photography by Edward Burne-Jones

Song of Solomon 5:2–6:3 Seek and You Shall Find

Fuego / Fuego (Fire Fire) by Francisco de Goya
Slaughtered Ox by Rembrandt van Rijn
Solitude by Marc Chagall

Jeremiah 20 Fire in the Bones


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More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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