# Initial V: The Ascension of Christ, leaf from a gradual

- By: Cristoforo Cortese (Italian, active Venice, Italy 1390 - 1445)
- Date: about 1435–1440
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold, and ink
- Classification: Detached leaf
- Dimensions: Leaf: 56.2 × 40.2 cm (22 1/8 × 15 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Italian (Venice)
- Credit line: Gift of T. Robert and Katherine States Burke
- Museum: [J. Paul Getty Museum](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1GCBD4)
- Rights: [CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/a2823994-dbb5-4173-bd04-c8cdcccdfb74/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)