Heilige Bruno ten hemel opgenomen 1647 - 1714

"Heilige Bruno ten hemel opgenomen" (Holy Bruno Taken Up to Heaven) is an engraving by Sébastien Leclerc I, created between 1647 and 1714. The piece depicts Saint Bruno, a 11th-century founder of the Carthusian Order, being carried up to Heaven by angels. Leclerc, a renowned French artist, crafted this detailed and dynamic scene with a focus on the figure's ascension, captured in a dramatic, swirling composition with clouds and angels. This engraving, now held in the Rijksmuseum, exemplifies the popular 17th-century religious art genre of ascension scenes, with a focus on depicting the moment of ascension with a focus on the subject's final journey.