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Assumption of the Virgin

Technical Details
  • Title
    Assumption of the Virgin
  • Author
    Giovan Battista Moroni
  • Year
    1570
  • Dimensions
    cm 330 x 225
  • Inventory
    129
  • Room
    XIV

This altarpiece’s openly stated model is the Assumption in the Duomo Vecchio in Brescia painted by Moroni’s master Moretto. The image, split into two parts, relies for its effect on a chilly, ashen background enlivened shimmering pinks and blues of the figures’ attire. The group of apostles, varied in their features and poses, offers the painter a chance to display the skill as a portraitist for which he is universally celebrated.

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