1604
(Dutch, 1565-1607)
published by
(Dutch, 1565-1607)
(Dutch, 1564-1651)
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
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.
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