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Good Morning, Dan.
I am looking forward to when He returns “in like manner”.
That Fugel reproduction is a higher-resolution image than the Alawi commercial product, probably made from the original, whereas Alawi has photographed a photograph at lower-res, creating grainy pixelation; he also messed with cropping the image and photoshopping the original's more subtle colors, as you can see when you compare the two images:
That said, it's a beautiful, serene image, where the Christ rises effortlessly, without the humanoid straining or emotional dramatics in some of the other depictions; it is the people on the ground who are dazzled and moved to gesticulate, and rightfully so.
Also love the Perugino #11 for its decorative symbolistic qualities, solid (nearly 3-D) dimensionality, and beautiful color palette.