Assumption of the Virgin (Carracci)
- Assumption of the Virgin (Carracci)
Infobox Painting|
title=Assumption of the Virgin
artist=Annibale Carracci
year=1590
type=Oil on canvas
height=245
width=155
city=Madrid
museum=Museo del PradoInfobox Painting|
title=Assumption of the Virgin
artist=Annibale Carracci
year=1600-1601
type=Oil on canvas
height=245
width=155
city=Rome
museum=Santa Maria del Popolo
The "Assumption of the Virgin" is the name of two paintings by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci, with the subject of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
The Prado painting
The first canvas was completed in 1590 and now housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
The Rome painting
The second is from 1600-1601 and is in the famous Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo of Rome. Carracci competed with the major artists for this altarpiece, the prize commission for the chapel. It is however one of his less satisfactory arrangements. The Virgin awkwardly rises through a cramped crowd of apostles, levitated by half-a dozen cherubim. The canvas was somewhat overshadowed by the two famous contemporary Caravaggio canvases: the "The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus" and "The Crucifixion of Saint Peter" on the two side walls. While both painters were important in the development of Baroque art, the contrast is striking: Carracci's Virgin glows with light, but St. Paul is surrounded by menacing shadows and figures.
ee also
* Roman Catholic Marian art
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