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The Ascension

Image credit: National Trust Images

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This work in three parts (triptych) is a religious altarpiece. The right wing shows a Northern Renaissance rendering of the Resurrection (which occurred three days after Christ’s death). The soldiers guarding the entrance to the tomb are asleep. The scene looks like an Ascension, as the title suggests, as Christ is seen here floating upwards in the air, but that event actually happened 40 days later in front of the apostles.

The central panel of the triptych is a copy of the high altar of O. L. Vrouwe-kerk in Antwerp, painted by Quentin Metsys in 1509/1510. However, the subjects of the wings of this alterpiece differ.

National Trust, Buckland Abbey

Yelverton

Title

The Ascension

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 100 x W 30 cm

Accession number

810033

Acquisition method

on loan from St Peter's Church, since 1992

Work type

Painting

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National Trust, Buckland Abbey

Yelverton, Devon PL20 6EY England

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