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Elijah in the Chariot of Fire
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Elijah rides in a fiery chariot, drawn by two horses and driven by an angel, into heaven. He raises his hand toward the prophet Elisha left behind, and his mantle falls from the chariot. After the Bible text in 2 Kings 2:11. At the bottom of the margin, two two-line texts in Latin and Dutch. Numbered in the lower right: 4.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineElia in de vurige wagen. 1623 - 1653. Pieter Nolpe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
