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The Ascension of Elijah
Medium
engraving; laid down
Measurements
37.9 × 31.5 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
Strasbourg
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein XII.4 ii/ii; Le Blanc II.320.2; LeBlanc II.320.28
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Igneus Eliam raptat super æther a currus: / Santa pios mundi postmala vita beat. / Wendlin Dieterlin inv: / Matthaus Greuter Sculpsit / Argentinæ 1589 / (…illeg.)semecher imprimit.
Accession Number
1645-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals Another Work Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
ascension chariots (ancient vehicles) Elijah (Old Testament character) horse (species) prophets religious characters reproductive prints views from below