Ascent of the Blessed

Ascent of the Blessed
ArtistHieronymus Bosch
Yearc. 1505-1515
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions86.5 cm × 39.5 cm (34.1 in × 15.6 in)
LocationGallerie 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.

  1. ^ Gibson, Hieronymus Bosch, 62.
  2. ^ "VISIONS OF THE HEREAFTER | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia". VISIONS OF THE HEREAFTER | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia. Retrieved 2021-09-14.

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