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Title:

Elisha Taking the Cloak of Elijah, Who Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire

Object 1

Series Title:

'Prophets Ahia and Elijah'

Collection Title:

Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection

Alternate Titles:

Elisha Receives the Robe of Elijah

The Prophet Elijah

Four Scenes from the Life of the Prophets Isaiah, Ahajah, and Elisha

Accession Number:

1959.3799.000.000

Creator:

Saenredam, Jan

Place of birth:

Assendelft, Netherlands

Creator:

Bloemaert, Abraham

Place of birth:

The Netherlands

Creation Date:

(1604)

Object Category:

prints

Medium:

engraving

Technique:

intaglio

State:

second state

Dimensions:

Type	Height	Width	Depth	Diameter	Unit (Lengths)	Weight	Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image)	26.9	19.9			cm
sheet (adhered)	42.9	33.4			cm

Inscription:

signed lower c., printed: "A Bloemaert inuen,/ J. Saenredam Sculp. '4."

Other Inscriptions:

inscribed on adhered sheet l.l. corner, handwritten in pencil: "J Saenredam [illegible] 1570."; inscribed l.r. corner, handwritten in ink: "24."; inscribed l.r. corner, stamped: "Poynton."; inscribed l.r. corner, handwritten in ink: "80." inscribed l.l. corner, printed: "Helias, buic unxta conces, et Successor Elija/ Alterino Sermone viam vortisg vevabat."; inscribed l.r. corner, printed: "Flammifeno raptius peretat Super oetbera cuzza:/ Sompkatides palmas neguicguam ad Sidera tendit."

Catalogue Raisonne:

Bartsch 23; Hollstein 15; Rothelisberger 82

Credit Line:

Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.

Narratives:

History of the Virtual Print Room print collection