Giovanni Battista Piazetta

Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire



Giovanni Battista Piazetta - Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire



Giovanni Battista Piazetta
Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire
c. 1745
174.6 x 264.8 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 471


Provenance

San Giorgio in Alga, Venice, until 1806 or 1807
Pivan collection, Venice, by 1934
with Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence
purchased 1950 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 to NGA

External links

RKD 222723
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1952.5.70

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