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LOT 0391
Stained Glass Panel with the Ascension of Jesus Christ
FLEMISH, LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
25 1/2 x 21 in. (4.5 kg, 65 x 53.5 cm).
In late 15th century style, showing Christ on the foreground rising to heaven, surrounded by Mary and the eleven apostles, Jesus dressed in a white tunica talaris and a red cloak; natural background, medieval Flemish inscription at the bottom ‘DE HEMELVAART VAN CHRISTUS’ (the Ascension of Christ) in uncial letters; some restoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a war-damaged church in Belgium.
Ex property of a late Northumberland collector.
From a private collection, Derbyshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. similar scene in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Ascension of Christ of Von Klumbach, circa 1513 A.D., accession no.21.84, in The Metropolitan Museum, Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg, 1300-1550, New York, 1986, p.349, no.66b.
FootnotesThe scene represents the Ascension of Christ, described in Luke 24,1 and Acts 1,1-9. The Ascension is the last episode of Jesus' earthly presence according to the two narratives. It describes his definitive ascension to heaven, from which he will return only at the end of time (Parousia).
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LOT 0391
Stained Glass Panel with the Ascension of Jesus Christ
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