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About the Artwork
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]
Exhibition history
German Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 11-December 18, 1955). Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964). Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968). Durer in America: His Graphic Work. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (April 24-July 7, 1971). Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983). National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983). I and Thou. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 21-May 27, 1984). Albrecht Dürer and His Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991). The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993). Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
- Date
- c. 1515
- Medium
- pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Accession no.
- 1952.530
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