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: 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
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, early 17th Century
Credit Line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards
Collection: PR - Engraving
Accession Number: 1991.264
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