The Ascension of Christ
1720
Artist, German, 1686 - 1739

Artwork overview
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Medium
red chalk with gray wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 28.5 x 38.6 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's, London, 4 July 1995, no. 374, as attributed to Lorenzo de Ferrari). David Lachenmann, Munich; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased by NGA, 2007.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 72-73, no. 11.
2023
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Inscriptions
on verso at top left in graphite: Ferrilli[?]; at bottom center: [?] aus Studien; and at bottom right: b 131
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64540601