The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek

John Theodore Heins, the elder (Germany c.1697 - Norwich 1756) . Oil painting on canvas, The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek by John Theodore Heins the elder (Germany 1697 – Norwich 1756), signed 'Heins Pinxt' and inscribed 'David and Ahimelich/I Samuel'. Two soldiers, one dressed in a red robe with a plumed helmet, with an accompanying grey horse and stable boy, approach a group of five civilians offering bread and liquid from large urns. The elder from this group is dressed in a grey cloak with an ermine hood over a red robe with gold trimmings. A copy, in reverse, of Rubens Abraham and Melchizedek in the Museum at Caen. The High Priest of Salem brought forth bread and wine to greet and bless Abraham after he had revenged the defeat of Sodom. It was later regarded as a prefiguration of the Eucharist (Genesis, 14: 18-20) Felbrigg, Norfolk (Accredited Museum)