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Object Type: print
Museum number: D,7.89
Title: Series: The prophet Elijah
Description: Elisha and Elijah's chariot of fire; Elisha kneels and reaches towards the sky towards a chariot ascending to heaven and a cloak that falls to the ground (2 Kings 2:11); after Bloemaert Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jan Saenredam; After: Abraham Bloemaert
School/style: Dutch
Production date: 1604
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 270 millimetres; Width: 120 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See also Hollstein 14.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (15); Roethlisberger 1993 / Abraham Bloemaert and his sons: Paintings and prints (82); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.226.23)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: old testament
Associated names: Representation of: Elijah; Representation of: Elisha
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir Hans Sloane (with no indication of provenance on verso)
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: William Courten (cipher on verso in pen)
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: D,7.89

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