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The Ascension
1456/1457 · tempera on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Two footprints are pressed into the top of a green rock, and that is all the earth keeps of Him. Christ sits above in red, one hand raised. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, describes Him on a black cloud, flanked by Old Testament figures who foretold or foreshadowed His life. Below kneel the twelve apostles and the Virgin in cobalt blue, the only one with a halo; Saint John, a beardless youth in green, puts his arm around her. Johann Koerbecke painted it, the Gallery says, for the high altar of the Cistercian abbey at Marienfeld, among eight scenes of Mary's life.
Sources: National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'The Ascension', accession 1959.9.5, overview text (legacy object page), read 2026-09-01. The page refers on to John Oliver Hand, German Paintings of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries (1993). · National Gallery of Art, Washington, artist page 'Johann Koerbecke', listing and image description for The Ascension, read 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-01. · National Gallery of Art, Washington, provenance entity 'Cistercian Cloister at Marienfeld, Abbey Church'. · pubhist.com, 'Johann Koerbecke - The ascension', record w19432, quoting the NGA provenance. · Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, artist page 'Koerbecke, Johann'. · Artsy, National Gallery of Art partner record, 'The Ascension'.
And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts 1:9 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)