# Triumphant Christ [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MELOZZO DA FORLI]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco transferred to canvas ## Commentary This picture is a fragment of a monumental fresco executed in the chancel of the church of Santi Apostoli in Rome. The fresco represented the Ascension of Christ. Only 16 fragments of the fresco survived. The central figure of the ascending Christ appears in the middle of clouds and putti, his arms extended, his hair and beard floating in the breeze, his eyes gazing calmly downward. ## Related artworks - [Angel Holding an Instrument of the Passion]() - [Angel Holding an Instrument of the Passion]() - [Angel Holding an Instrument of the Passion]() - [Angel]() - [Angel with a Lamb as a Symbol of Christ's Sacrifice]() - [Angel with Tambourine]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apostle]() - [Christ's Entry into Jerusalem \(detail\)]() - [Christ's Entry into Jerusalem]() - [Foundation of the Library]() - [Music-making Angel]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()