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 NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Tiberio Cerasi NERFINISHED
country Italy
creator Annibale Carracci NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
depicts Assumption of the Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary
followsIconographyOf Assumption of Mary NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
apostles
hasTheme glorification of the Virgin Mary
triumph over death
hasType altarpiece
isComparedWith Conversion of Saint Paul (Cerasi Chapel) NERFINISHED
Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Cerasi Chapel) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Rome
Santa Maria del Popolo NERFINISHED
location Cerasi Chapel NERFINISHED
movement Baroque
partOf decoration of the Cerasi Chapel
positionInChapel high altar
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
support panel
usesMedium oil paint

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Annibale Carracci notableWork Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)