Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)

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Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel) is a Baroque altarpiece painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the Virgin Mary’s ascent into heaven, created for the Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
altarpiece painting
artisticSchool Bolognese school
linked to: Bolognese School
commissionedBy Tiberio Cerasi
country Italy
creator Annibale Carracci
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
depicts Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary
followsIconographyOf Assumption of Mary
genre religious painting
hasArtHistoricalContext Counter-Reformation art
hasArtHistoricalSignificance important example of early Baroque altar painting in Rome
key work in Annibale Carracci’s Roman period
hasArtisticFeature dynamic diagonals
rich color palette
strong chiaroscuro
hasCompositionFeature division between earthly zone and heavenly zone
hasInfluenceOn later Baroque Marian altarpieces
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Latin
hasLiturgicalContext Catholic devotion to the Virgin Mary
hasLiturgicalFunction altar image
hasPatronageContext private chapel commission
hasPerspective low viewpoint emphasizing upward movement
hasSetting interior of a church
hasSubject Virgin Mary ascending to heaven
apostles
hasTheme glorification of the Virgin Mary
triumph over death
hasType altarpiece
isComparedWith Conversion of Saint Paul (Cerasi Chapel)
Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Cerasi Chapel)
locatedIn Rome
Santa Maria del Popolo
location Cerasi Chapel
movement Baroque
partOf decoration of the Cerasi Chapel
positionInChapel high altar
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
support panel
usesMedium oil paint

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Annibale Carracci notableWork Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)