Elisha Watching Elijah Ascend in the Fiery Chariot
Pietro Antonio Novelli
1750/1755
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash and black chalk
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 × 35.3 cm (20 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Luca Baroni
Accession Number
2001.50.1
About the Artist
Pietro Antonio Novelli · 1729–1804
**Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804)** Pietro Antonio Novelli, a prolific Venetian painter, draughtsman, and engraver, trained under the esteemed Jacopo Amigoni and in the studio of Giambattista Pittoni, absorbing influences from Gaspare Diziani and Francesco Guardi. In 1768, he gained membership in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia with his reception piece, *Allegory of the Arts*. Early in ...