The Assumption of the Virgin (Santa Maria in Trastevere)

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The Assumption of the Virgin (Santa Maria in Trastevere) is a celebrated Baroque altarpiece by Domenichino depicting the Virgin Mary’s ascent into heaven, located in Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
altarpiece
religious painting
artForm painting
associatedWithFeast Feast of the Assumption
city Rome
commissionedFor Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere
country Italy
creator Domenichino
culture Italian
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
depicts Assumption of Mary
Virgin Mary
depictsConcept glorification of Mary
heaven
depictsEvent Virgin Mary’s ascent into heaven
depictsFigure Christ (probable, in glory)
linked to: the risen Christ

God the Father (probable, in heaven)
linked to: the Father
function devotional image
liturgical art
genre Christian art
hasLanguage Latin inscriptions (liturgical context)
hasPart angels
apostles
figure of the Virgin Mary
hasType high altarpiece
iconography Assumption iconography
lighting dramatic Baroque chiaroscuro (probable)
locatedIn Italy
Rome
locatedInBuilding Santa Maria in Trastevere
locatedInNeighborhood Trastevere
location Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere
mainCharacter Virgin Mary
material oil paint (probable)
movement Baroque
partOf interior decoration of Santa Maria in Trastevere
period Baroque era
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
style Baroque
subject Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Marian devotion
theme divine glory
heavenly intercession
salvation
use altarpiece

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Domenichino notableWork The Assumption of the Virgin (Santa Maria in Trastevere)