Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath

Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Lanfranco.

The painting was part of a series developed for the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in the church of San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome.

The widow and her resurrected child bring bread to the hungry Elijah who is seeking shelter near a dry stream.

In the chapel, this painting accompanied canvas depictions of the Last Supper[1] and Moses and the Messengers from Canaan (also displayed at the Getty Museum).

The painting was likely displayed high on the walls of the chapel, and the point of view appears to begin below the canvas.