17th century Flemish school

Flemish school of the 17th century. After PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640).
"The Ascension of Christ".
Oil on copper.
Frame of the XVIII century.
It presents small faults in the frame.
Measurements: 33 x 24,5 cm; 72 x 64 cm (frame).

The theme represented in this Flemish school is that of the Ascension, collected in the New Testament, with the Apostles represented in variable number in the different works of art that collect this theme, and counting many with the presence of the Virgin Mary. Our copper, dedicated to the devoclion judging by its small size, has Christ on top accompanied by two angels; below, the Virgin and the apostles, standing out among them Saints Peter and Paul with their arms outstretched.

It follows the model of the engraver Ingatius Cornelius Marinus (1599-1639), in turn based on a model by Rubens.

This image, in which Christ ascends only towards the heavens, is already found in examples of the eleventh century, and was the most common in Western art, being eclipsed to some extent by that of the Ascension of the Virgin during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.