The Ascension of the Elect
The Ascension of the Elect is a c.1470 oil on panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Dieric Bouts, originally produced as part of a triptych of the Last Judgment commissioned by the town of Louvain in 1468.[1] The central panel is lost but the other side panel, The Fall of the Damned, survives. Concerning the Elect in the end times, the painting draws on Genesis 2:10, Book of Revelation and The Purgatory of St Patrick, a 14th-century Irish manuscript by Berol telling of Sir Owein's legendary trip to Purgatory.[2] Ascension is now in the palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.[3][4]
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| Artist | Dirk Bouts |
| Year | c.1470 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 115 cm × 69,5 cm (45 in × 274 in) |
| Location | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille |
References
- "Eisbär, Dirk Bouts, Le chemin des élus & la chute des damnés".
- "Catalogue page".
- Michel Butor, Le Musée imaginaire de Michel Butor : 105 œuvres décisives de la peinture occidentale, Paris, Flammarion, 2019 (ISBN 9782081450752), p. 96-99.
- Michel Butor, Dirk Bouts - L'ascension des élus et la chute des damnés, Editions Invenit, 2011 ISBN 978-2-9186-9814-2
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