The Young Men in the Fiery Furnace

Artist Eric Ravilious (London, England, 1903 - 1942)

Date1929

Mediumwood engraving on paper

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsPlate Size: Height: 18 cm, Width: 12.6 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1951 by Rex Nan Kivell.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG006775

Keywords

About MeThis engraving was made for a publication of 'The Apocrypha' (texts which are left out of officially sanctioned versions of the Bible) and illustrates 'The Song of the Three Holy Children'.

The cool emotional detachment of Ravilious' figurative work - and also his debt to early Italian Renaissance frescoes - is evident in the rigid, somewhat impassive stance of the three naked boys, as the flames and angels soar around them.

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The tale of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Bible's Daniel: they were thrown into the fiery furnace after refusing to bow to Nebuchednezzar's idol