Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire (1604): Art, History and Details

Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire (1604) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607); Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607); Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566–1651).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire
• Date: 1604
• Creator attribution: Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607); Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607); Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566–1651)
• Culture: Netherlands, early 17th Century
• Type: Print
• Technique: engraving
• Dimensions: Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1991.264

Collection credit

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards

Further reading listed by the museum

• Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.

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