03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART - Today, December 8, is the day of Conception by St. Anna, With Footnotes - 140

Holy Prophetess Hannah

The Holy Prophetess Hannah dwelt in marriage with Elkanah, but she was childless. Elkanah took to himself another wife, Phennena, who bore him children. Hannah grieved strongly over her misfortune, and every day she prayed for an end to her barrenness, and vowed to dedicate her child to God.

Once, as she prayed fervently in the Temple, the priest Heli thought that she was drunk, and he began to reproach her. But the saint poured out her grief, and after she received a blessing, she returned home. After this Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, whom she named Samuel (which means “Asked from God”).

When the child reached the age of boyhood, the mother herself presented him to the priest Heli, and Samuel remained with him to serve before the Tabernacle. More on Holy Prophetess Hannah

Anton Leinweber (German, 1845–1921)

Hannah brings Samuel to Eli. c. 1915

Chromolithograph on card stock

 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Anton Robert Leinweber , Czech Robert Antonín Leinweber (born February 7, 1845 in Bohemian Leipa , Kingdom of Bohemia , † December 21, 1921 in Munich ), was a German painter and illustrator of Czech descent.

Anton Robert Leinweber studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden . 

He spent many years in North Africa, especially in Tunisia. He created together with Philip Grot Johann and Hermann Vogel illustrations to the children and house fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . Leinweber also created numerous Bible illustrations. More on Anton Leinweber

HEINZ PINGGERA (Italian. Born 1900)

Hannah brings Samuel to Eli the priest

Oil on canvas

58 x 79 cm

Private collection

The Prophet Samuel was the fifteenth and last of the Judges of Israel, living more than 1146 years before the Birth of Christ. He was descended from the Tribe of Levi, and was the son of Elkanah from Ramathaim-Zophim of Mount Ephraim.

He was born, having been besought from the Lord through the prayers of his mother Hannah (therefore he received the name Samuel, which means “besought from God”). Even before birth, he was dedicated to God. More on The Prophet Samuel

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