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Hans Georg Asam

The Ascension of Christ

late 17th–early 18th century
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
18.4 × 33.3 cm (7.2 × 13.1 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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