Elias goes heavenwards, ca. 1726

Title

Elias goes heavenwards

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• chalk?
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Grau): Jdwit inv. [unleserlich] / f. [?]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten (mit der Feder in Grau): Int[?] Jaer 1726 voordh[?] Georghe Henriqué I / In [unleserlich] häyt geschildert
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Elijah

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, 2. Könige 2,11

Primary

• 71M84 a chariot, horses of fire and a whirlwind appear and Elijah is carried up into heaven; Elijah's cloak falls (or he hands it over to Elisha)