Illustration: 71M84x71N21x5

General

Title 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), two bears come out of the woods and tear the children who were mocking Elisha to pieces
Type Illustration
Sizes 108x89
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71M84,71N21
Iconclass description 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), two bears come out of the woods and tear the children who were mocking Elisha to pieces
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Kings) 1 Rr1v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Kings) vol.1 p.Rr1v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (II Kings) vol.1 p.Rr1v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

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