Elisha Watching Elijah Ascend in the Fiery Chariot

1750/1755

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Associated Names
Pietro Antonio Novelli

Artist, Venetian, 1729 - 1804

This is a drawing of a chariot pulled by horses among clouds. The drawing is executed in a sketch-like manner with tonal variations primarily in brown ink. At the center of the drawing, there are brushstrokes depicting a chariot led by rearing horses. The scene is enclosed in an oval frame, giving it a theatrical presentation. Below the central scene, a figure is shown gesturing upward. The composition suggests a mythological or allegorical narrative, rendered with energetic lines and swirling compositions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash and black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Luca Baroni

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.8 × 35.3 cm (20 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.50.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Jean François Baroni, Paris, 2001); Luca Baroni, 2001; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 103.

Bibliography

2001

  • Baroni, Jean François. A Selection of Old Master Drawings and XIXth Century. Paris, 2001: no. 18.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: Novelli; upper center verso in brown ink: Novelli; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 82

Watermarks

large well-formed crossbow (Robison 1986, watermark 49, 1747-1748; Bromberg 1974, watermark 11)

Wikidata ID

Q64619667

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