Hemelvaart van Christus 1660

"Hemelvaart van Christus" (Ascension of Christ), a 1660 etching by Dutch artist Jan van Troyen, depicts the moment Jesus ascends to heaven. The composition shows a group of disciples gazing upwards in awe as Christ, bathed in light, rises above a cloud-filled sky. This piece, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, provides a powerful visual representation of a central event in Christian belief and underscores van Troyen's skill in capturing the emotional intensity of a pivotal moment in religious history.