Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire
Jan Saenredam
1604
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Netherlands, early 17th Century
About
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.
