Apostles Watching the Ascension of Christ

Andrea Mantegna

15th century

Brown ink and brown wash, white gouache on gray-green prepared dark cream antique laid paper, irregularly trimmed and mounted overall to blue laid paper

Fogg Museum

A group of figures, likely apostles, are depicted looking upwards with expressions of awe and wonder. The composition focuses on their draped robes and upward gazes. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus in memory of her husband, Jesse Isidor Straus, Class of 1893