Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire

Description

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.

Provenance

Louise S. Richards, Cleveland, OH

Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire

Jan Saenredam

1604

Accession Number

1991.264

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards