Illustration: 73C11x73C12x71M84x1
General
| Title | John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders), John the Baptist baptizing, 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) |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 104x74 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1657 |
| Iconclass | 73C11,73C12,71M84 |
| Iconclass description | John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders), John the Baptist baptizing, 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) |
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (John) vol.2 p.P3v |
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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