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Black-and-white woodcut of a limp body carried upward by angels through clouds toward a bright radiating light, with a crown of thorns at upper right.

Body of Christ Carried Up by Angels

A black-and-white woodcut shows a limp male body, draped in a fluttering cloth, carried upward by winged angels through clouds toward a blaze of radiating light. A crown of thorns appears at upper right, and a small angel in the lower left and another at right support the figure amid dense hatched clouds.

Artist
Hans Baldung Grien (mentioned on object)
Date
1515-1517
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2842 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1517.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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