The Ascension of Christ
As the disciples watch, Christ is lifted up and a cloud receives him out of their sight, and angels promise he will return as he has gone (Acts 1). An etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1644).
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About Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 · Dutch
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.