The Prophet Elias
Medium
Engraving with etching
Dimensions
sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 in. (42.6 x 28 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.270(7)
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Art Historical Context
### The Prophet Elias This striking print, *The Prophet Elias*, showcases collaborative talents of French painter Laurent de La Hyre engravers Herman Weyen and Nicolas Pit. De La Hyre, a key figure in 17th-century French Classicism, likely provided the original design, while Weyen and Pitau masterfully translated it into engraving with etching—a technique blending the precise lines of engraving for intricate details with etching's fluid, tonal effects. Measuring 16 3/4 x 11 inches, the sheet captures the biblical prophet Elias (Elijah), a revered Old Testament figure known for his miracles an...
About the Artist
Laurent de La Hyre|Herman Weyen|Nicolas Pitau · 1606–1656
Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1656) was a French painter whose elegant, classical compositions placed him among the finest artists of the first generation of French Baroque painters working in Paris. Born into an artistic family — his father Étienne de La Hyre was also a painter — Laurent received his early training largely through independent study rather than formal apprenticeship under a single domi...