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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.
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130151
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Ascension of Christ
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130151
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drawing
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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.
date
c. 1515
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79911895
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11617
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Drawing
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1
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Sheet: 31 x 22.1 cm (12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Framed: 52.5 x 39.8 x 2.3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
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Germany
accession
1952.53
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pen and brown ink
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Ascension of Christ, c. 1515. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 31 x 22.1 cm (12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.); framed: 52.5 x 39.8 x 2.3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 11/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1952.530
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beige(1) laid paper
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DR - German
citations
citation
Francis, Henry. "Two Drawings by Albrecht Dürer." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>42, no. 1 (January 1955): 3-5.
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Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 3
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 580
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 107
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 107
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 124
citation
Metzger, Christof, Karl Schütz, sand Julia Zaunbauer. <em>Albrecht Dürer: The Complete Paintings, Selected Drawings and Prints.</em> Cologne: Taschen, 2025.
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Reproduced: p. 657, fig. D338
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Gift of the Hanna Fund
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2026-05-29 06:43:27.718000
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130151
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pen and brown ink
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