2011.613.121: Elisha Seeing Elijah's Ascension in a Chariot of Fire
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.121
- People
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Unidentified Artist
After Pieter van der Borcht, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1545 - 1608 Antwerp)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Previously attributed to Jacob Floris
- Title
- Elisha Seeing Elijah's Ascension in a Chariot of Fire
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: Elijah's Ascension
Series/Book Title: The Story of Elijah and Elisha
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1579
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342429
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving printed from two plates in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 18.5 x 24 cm (7 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 131
- inscription: in plate, lower left and lower center of inner oval frame: 1 / 2
- inscription: lowersheet margin, brown ink: Elie rauy au ciel par vn estourbillon sur vn chariot de feu tiré par des cheueaux de feu Elyseé receut son manteau / tombé sur luy. Dont Il frappe le Jourdain que se deparu et faits ferme a Elysee pour passer. 4. Roys. 11. 14.
- inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, to left of center: 2.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein (de Jode) 142; New Hollstein (van der Borcht) 12
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.613.121
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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