Vitale da Bologna and Workshop, The Ascension

Circa 1351-60
Fresco
Pomposa Abbery, Codigoro, Italy

Mary (in the blue mantle) and twelve Apostles gaze up as four angels lift Christ's mandorla to Heaven.

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Photographed at the abbey by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.