The Ascension of the Elect
| The Ascension of the Elect | |
|---|---|
| Dutch: Aards paradijs en opgang van de glukzaligen naae het hemels, French: L'Ascension des élus | |
| Artist | Dieric Bouts |
| Year | c. 1470 |
| Catalogue | 16 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Movement | Early Netherlandish, Primitifs flamands |
| Dimensions | 115 cm × 69,5 cm (45 in × 274 in) |
| Location | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille |
| Accession | 747 |
| Website | https://pba.lille.fr/Collections/Chefs-d-OEuvre/Moyen-Age-et-Renaissance/L-Ascension-des-elus-dit-aussi-Le-Paradis/(plus) |
The Ascension of the Elect is a c. 1470 oil on panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Dieric Bouts, originally produced as part of a triptych of the Last Judgment commissioned by the town of Louvain in 1468. The central panel is lost but the other side panel, The Fall of the Damned, survives. Concerning the Elect in the end times, the painting draws on Genesis 2:10, Book of Revelation and The Purgatory of St Patrick, a 14th-century Irish manuscript by Berol telling of Sir Owein's legendary trip to Purgatory. Ascension is now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.