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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ascension of Christ
Description
Forty days after his Resurrection, Christ made his final appearance to his apostles. The story of the Ascension (Acts 1:9-12) tells that Christ's apostles were standing with him on the Mount of Olives when he was lifted up and taken to heaven in a cloud. Dürer depicted Christ with the traditional signs of his role as world saviour-making a gesture of blessing with his right hand and holding a cross-topped globe in his left. The artist included cherubs in the cloud, along with Christ's footprints, which, according to later tradition, were preserved on the Mount of Olives.
Provenance
Prince Heinrich Lubomirski, Castle Przeworst, Poland; Lubomirski Museum-Ossolinski National Institute, Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine); Prince Lubomirski; Prince Heinrich Lubomirski, Castle Przeworst, Poland (not in Lugt, not stamped); Lubomirski Museum-Ossolinski National Institute, Lemberg, Austrian Crownland of Galicia, to 1918 (Lwów, Poland to 1939, now Lviv, Ukraine) (stamped, in red ink, on fragment of old mount, now removed). Prince Georg Lubomirski (not in Lugt, not stamped, according to departmental cataloguing sheet). [Paul Drey, New York]
Dimensions
52.5 × 39.8 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1952.530
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Drawings • Germany • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery