Johannes Wierix and Maarten de Vos
The Ascension of Elijah in the Chariot of Fire
1577-1587
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- Artist: Johannes Wierix
- Artist: Maarten de Vos
The Ascension of Elijah in the Chariot of Fire
1577-1587
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Mount: 275 × 219 mm. (10 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 250 × 203 mm. (9 13/16 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5410
One from a series of five plates (H. 25 - 29). As described in Hollstein, these prints were apparently part of a project that was not completed. They are related to four additional prints, two engraved by Johannes Sadeler I (H. 50 - 51), and two by Raphael Sadeler I (H. 7 and 9).
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "[indecipherable] M. de Vos inuen. Iohan W fecit"; in image, lower right, in plate "Sadleri excud."; below image, lower margin, in plate three lines of text in Latin beginning "Cumq[ue] pergerent et [...]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn (on verso of mount)
