Elia wordt in de wildernis gevoed door de raven, Jan Saenredam, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1604

Title(s)

Elia wordt in de wildernis gevoed door de raven
Vier scènes uit het leven van de profeten Achia en Elia (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

3/4

Object number

RP-P-H-M-11

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 14-2(2)
• Roethlisberger 80

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• collector's mark: Lugt 10
• number: ‘2’

Description

De profeet Elia zit op de grond in de wildernis. Twee raven komen hem voedsel brengen. De prent heeft een Latijnse tekst in de ondermarge.

Artist

• printmaker: Jan Saenredam (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Abraham Bloemaert (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jan Saenredam (mentioned on object)
• writer (clerical worker): Theodorus Schrevelius (mentioned on object)

Place

Assendelft

Dating

1604

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 268 mm × width 195 mm

What

• Elijah fed by the raven(s): while the prophet is living by the brook, ravens bring him food

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Marcel George, 1929-2020 Roethlisberger, dl. 1, p. 128 (afb. 139), cat.nr. 80
• Jan Saenredam to Roelandt Savery, George Shepard Keyes, p. 13, p. 13 (afb.), cat.nr. 14