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"The Dove"
h.12,7 mm.
/ 13,8 / 9,9
The
sculpture is based on a story written in the Holy Scripture.
"And
the dove came in to him in the evening;
and, lo,
in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off:"
( Genesis
8:11 ) King James Version
The dove
with an olive leaf is a biblical symbol of a new life and a new
beginning,
and also a symbol of hope and of God's faithfulness to the people.
and also a symbol of hope and of God's faithfulness to the people.
Genesis 8:6-12 King James Version (1611)
6. And it came to pass at the end
of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7. And he sent forth a raven,
which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8. Also he sent forth a dove from
him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9. But the dove found no rest for
the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters
were on the face of the whole
earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him
into the ark.
10. And he stayed yet other seven
days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11. And the dove came in to him in
the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters
were abated from off the earth.
12. And he stayed yet other seven
days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
