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The Fall and Redemption of Man: The Ascension

Albrecht Altdorfer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image. A group of people, with their backs turned, looking up. Among the group are a woman wearing a head covering. A man on the left wears a collared tunic. Another man on the right appears to be kneeling. A figure on the left appears to have right arm raised towards the sky. In the background, a cliff or mountain peak with several additional people on top. Above the cliff or mountain are several rounded floating white clouds with a figure in the top center. The clouds and cliff create a diagonal line from top left to bottom right. The image is framed by a thin black border.

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650 × 893 px
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