Ascension on the Resurrection Pulpit

Ascension detail on Donatello's Resurrection Pulpit in San Lorenzo in Florence

Resurrection Pulpit scenes include the Three Marys, Descent into Limbo, Resurrection, Ascension. The reliefs were made by Donatello as part of the choir enclosure — it was only changed into a pulpit during the late 16th century.

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