ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN

Assumption of the Virgin: translation

The moment when theVirgin Maryis carried up to heaven after herDormition. In art, the scene usually includes her tomb, with theapostleswitnessing in awe as she ascends. This is howTitiandepicted the event in 1516-1518 in his rendition for the Church of Santa Maria dei Frari,Venice;Andrea del Sartofor the Church of San Antonio dei Servi in Cortona (1526-1529); andPeter Paul Rubensfor the Cathedral of Antwerp (1626).Nicolas Poussinomitted the apostles (c. 1626; Washington, National Gallery), instead including three putti who throw flowers into the Virgin's tomb.

See alsoAssumption of the Virgin, Parma cathedral.