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Scenes of the Prophet Elijah

Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire

1604

Jan Saenredam

(Dutch, 1565–1607)

published by

Jan Saenredam

(Dutch, 1565–1607)

after Abraham Bloemaert

(Dutch, 1564–1651)

Netherlands, early 17th Century

Engraving

Support: Cream(1) laid paper

Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards 1991.264

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein XXIII.17.15

State: I/III

Location

not on view

Description

Elijah is perhaps best known for escaping death by ascending into heaven on a chariot of fire, an episode seen by many Christians as a foreshadowing of the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower center, in plate: A, Bloemaert inven, / J. Saenredam sculp. Z ; lower center, in yellow ink (over the ' Z'): 4 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: PvA ; across bottom, in graphite: Srem. Ep°. avec le numero 2 au lieu d'un 4

Provenance
Louise S. Richards, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.264