Img. ID: 1424
  Fine Art  

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First illustration. The picture illustrates part of Ruth. 1:1. which is quoted the top of the frame in Hebrew block letters:

"וילך איש מבית לחם יהודה לגור בשדי מואב"

Translation: "And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab"

The picture represents Naomi riding a donkey, led by Elimelech. Elimelech is wearing a gray robe and a belt, with a brown coat over and a white head cover, while holding a stick in his left hand. Naomi is sitting on the donkey while turning her legs to the left. She is wearing a green robe, sandals, and a gray-reddish head cover. The donkey is loaded with packages, a blanket, and a jug. They seem to be on the way. A city, probably Bethlehem they have left, is seen in the far background. Behind them is a hill with a bare tree and birds. A deer is lying (dead?) on the hill and a dog is standing beside him. Birds are flying in the sky. Down the hill, a shepherd and a child are walking in a stone-marked path. A gowned skeleton is sitting at the frame bottom, holding the tails of two yellow-green snakes. They are climbing along the sides of the frame. The left snake is turning leftwards, to a fish carried by an eagle; the right snake is turning rightwards, to a kid carried by an eagle. The dogs are barking at the snakes. The frame background is purple with a spider's web on it, coming from behind the skeleton.