Ascent of the Blessed | |
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Artist | Hieronymus Bosch |
Year | c. 1505-1515 |
Medium | Oil on panel |
Dimensions | 86.5 cm × 39.5 cm (34.1 in × 15.6 in) |
Location | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
Ascent of the Blessed is a Hieronymus Bosch painting made between 1505 and 1515. It depicts angels helping human souls towards heaven. The attribution to Bosch is not universally accepted.[1]
It is located in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy.[2] This painting is part of a polyptych of four panels entitled Visions of the Hereafter. The others are Terrestrial Paradise, Fall of the Damned into Hell and Hell.