Elisha Watching Elijah in the Fiery Chariot

c. 1600

Hans Jakob Nüscheler

Associated Names
Hans Jakob Nüscheler

Artist, Swiss, 1583 - 1654

This drawing features a horse leaping out of cloud formations in the sky. Underneath, there is a figure rowing in a small boat with a bundle on their back. Another figure stands on the ground extending an arm upwards. The sky is filled with swirling clouds and enigmatic elements, with plants and foliage in the foreground. The artwork has intricate linework and a historical narrative style.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dietrich Schindler [1775-1892], Zurich (Lugt 793)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 12.

Inscriptions

recto: at lower left in brown ink: Reg / 17.; verso: none

Markings

recto: stamped twice with mark of Dietrich Schindler (Lugt 793); verso: Austrian export stamp

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64572934

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