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The Ascension of Elijah

Matthäus GREUTER, Wendel DIETTERLIN (after)
The Ascension of Elijah
 1589

Medium
engraving; laid down

Measurements
37.9 × 31.5 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Strasbourg

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein XII.4 ii/ii; Le Blanc II.320.2; LeBlanc II.320.28

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Igneus Eliam raptat super æther a currus: / Santa pios mundi postmala vita beat. / Wendlin Dieterlin inv: / Matthaus Greuter Sculpsit / Argentinæ 1589 / (…illeg.)semecher imprimit.

Accession Number
1645-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Animals Another Work Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
ascension chariots (ancient vehicles) Elijah (Old Testament character) horse (species) prophets religious characters reproductive prints views from below

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