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Ascension, Passio Christi Ab Alberto Durer Nurenburgensi Effigiata, The Little Passion, print, album page, Christ ascends to heaven in the presence of his disciples and his mother. Print is part of an album., printmaker, after print by, publisher, The Hague, paper, engraving, engraving pasted onto album page, height 130 mm x width 100 mm, Christ almost vanished: only feet visible, A detailed black and white engraving shows a group of robed figures gathered closely and looking upward toward a pair of feet emerging from clouds at the top of the image; the figures display varied hair and beard styles and wear draped garments with flowing folds, some with raised hands and palms visible in gestures of attention, one figure in a hooded cloak stands at the left edge, others are kneeling with visible bare feet and layered robes, the cloud formation is rendered with swirling lines and shading, the composition is framed by a rectangular border and the ground beneath the figures is textured with crosshatching.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B26_332

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Rights managed

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38.9Mb (9.5Mb) / 11.0in x 13.7in / 3308 x 4106 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ascension Passio Christi Ab Alberto Durer Nurenburgensi Effigiata Little Passion print album page Christ ascends heaven presence disciples mother Print part album printmaker publisher Hague paper engraving engraving pasted height 130 mm x width 100 mm Christ almost vanished feet visible detailed black white engraving group robed figures gathered closely looking upward pair feet emerging clouds top image figures display varied hair beard styles wear draped garments flowing folds raised hands palms visible gestures attention figure hooded cloak stands left edge kneeling visible bare feet layered robes cloud formation rendered swirling lines shading composition framed rectangular border ground beneath textured crosshatching