He lifts his hands towards the wagon.
Bible in art · 2 Kings
The Ascension of Elijah (Ms. 33, fol. 229, from the Weltchronik)
Unknown painter, Regensburg · about 1400–1410
Getty Center, Los Angeles
A page of the Regensburg Weltchronik, about 1400–1410, a German verse history of the world. Its pictures were painted in tempera over a pen drawing, then outlined again in black.
Elijah, in a blue hat and cloak, rides away in a red four-wheeled wagon drawn by horses at the right. Elisha stands at the left and lifts his hands towards him.
From the text
- A chariot of fire with horses of fire (2 Kings 2:11)
- Elisha watches and cries out (2 Kings 2:12)
The artist’s own
- The chariot of fire as a red farm wagon
- The horses barely shown at the edge
Details
Elisha
Elijah
An old man in a blue hat rides away.
The wagon
Red wheels and a red box.
Horses
The horses appear at the right edge.
Unknown illuminator, Regensburg; text by Rudolf von Ems (Austrian, about 1200–1254). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 229) · Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink · Images provided here are believed to be in the public domain and are available under CC0 through Getty’s Open Content Program. (Getty record: "No Copyright", http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)