Barnaba da Modena
The Ascension
Second half of 15th
century
Tempera on wood
Musei
Capitolini, Rome
Unusual aspects of this image include Mary's position at the right edge
rather than the center, the woman whispering to her, the displacement
of the "Men of Jerusalem..." angel to a hill above the apostles, and
the truncation of the upper point of the mandorla.
More
of the Ascension
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke