Color lithograph.

Sheet: 35.5 x 26.2 cm. Framed & behind glass : 44.5 x 35 cm.

1 of 6500 copies, Éditions de la Revue Verve, Tériade, Paris, 1956 (1960).

French painter of Russian-Jewish origin. He is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. "The preoccupation with biblical themes had from the beginning as an important prerequisite Chagall's experience in dealing with the Bible at a young age and the observation of a life from the Bible on his father. In addition, in the milieu in which he grew up, the word of the Bible was light and strength for many people in their difficult existence." (Achim Besgen on MC, www.herder.de).

Literature : Gauss (1998), WVZ No. 252, p. 122.