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| Keywords: The Appearance of the Archangel to Balaam - Google Art Project.jpg commons date commons medium commons dimensions commons institution commons location commons references commons object_history commons exhibition_history commons credit_line commons inscriptions commons notes commons accession_number commons source commons permission commons other_versions commons zoom core title Balak the king of Moab invited the Prophet Balaam to visist him and pronounce a curse upon the nation of Israel which set up camp in the steppe near the Jordan River When Balaam went to the king his donkey saw the angel and stood out of the path The prophet didn ™t see the angel himself and began to beat the donkey The donkey fell on knees and asked him about the reason of beating it Only then he saw Michael the Archangel Namely the episode of the appearance of the archangel to Balaam who stops the prophet with a gesture is depicted in the fresco Willed by God Balaam didn ™t curse the Israelites but blessed them three times core creator Unknown core date dateCreated 1000 core type monumental painting fresco google display_date 1000 google is_artproject TRUE google is_gigapixel FALSE google is_secured TRUE google partner/id 000000000804b21e google picasa_token llTmABFlG1yVMtzQ5gsVSUNO0SU special url_id oAHLZl7vpgSGuA google partner/name St Sophia of Kyiv special partner/name_no_lang St Sophia of Kyiv PD-old-100-1923 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Saint Sophia Cathedral frescos Bileam | ||||
