Ascension of Christ
unknown folk sculptor
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-423
- Author
- unknown folk sculptor
- Name
- Ascension of Christ
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Country
- Ukraine
- Culture
- Folk
- Technique
- carving polychrome
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 63 x 27 x 19
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Ascension of Christ
- Provenance
- Handed over from the Museum of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
Information about author
Object description
The Ascension sculpture is placed on a tetrapod in many churches during the Easter holidays, where it remains until the Ascension. Following the Western iconographic tradition, the sculpture depicts the events described in the Apocryphal Gospel of Peter. It shows a full-length, bent figure of the saint rising above the tomb, which is imitated by a carved square base. Christ is giving a blessing with his right hand. His left hand is missing up to the elbow. The image of Jesus is static, but his clothing is dynamic – the active drapery of the cloak, red on the outside and blue on the inside, covering the lower part of the figure, falls from his left shoulder. The elongated oval of Jesus' face is covered by waves of dark hair, symmetrically arranged in neat curls, and a small wedge-shaped beard. The polychrome figure of Christ is characterised by its expressive contours, static image, and careful depiction of details.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
