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Hannah Refuses the Food Offered by Elkanah
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Hannah Refuses the Food Offered by Elkanah

Hans Holbein (II) · 1538 · houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Hannah is so overwhelmed by sorrow because she does not get children that she refuses the food that she receives from her husband Elkanah. He asks her why she cries. In the margin above the image is the text 1 Samuel I [1 Samuel 1].

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Credit lineHanna weigert het eten dat Elkana haar aanbiedt. 1538. Hans Holbein (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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