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.

It is located in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy. 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.

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