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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.121
People
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
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
print
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
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
  • 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
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