Assumption of the Virgin (Rosso Fiorentino)
Assumption of the Virgin (Italian: Assunzione di Maria) is a fresco by Rosso Fiorentino in the Chiostro dei Voti of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata in Florence.
| Assumption of the Virgin | |
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| Italian: Assunzione di Maria | |
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| Artist | Rosso Fiorentino |
| Year | 1513–1514 |
| Medium | Fresco |
| Subject | Assumption of Mary |
| Dimensions | 385 by 337 centimetres (152 in × 133 in) |
| Location | Basilica della Santissima Annuziata, Florence |
Vasari's Lives of the Artists relates how it was painted rapidly between 1513 and 1514 ready to be inaugurated at the solemnity of 8 September 1514, when the basilica received the title of perpetual jubilee from Pope Leo X. Fiorentino came highly recommended to the monks by his master Andrea del Sarto (painter of most of the lunettes in the cloister). The work's two-register composition derives from Last Judgement by Fra Bartolomeo and Mariotto Albertinelli and Raphael's Oddi Altarpiece.
In 1515, the monks expressed their dissatisfaction with Fiorentino[1] and asked him to repaint the fresco, to which Fiorentino agreed.[2] The work's composition was also an influence on the artist's Madonna and Child with Cherubs, produced around the same time.
References
- Conv. Soppr. 119, 705, cc. 112v., 123, 135v.
- Ricordanze, c. 98
Bibliography
- Casalini, Eugenio M. (1980). La SS. Annunziata di Firenze: Guida storico-artistica [The SS. Annunziata of Florence: Historical-artistic guide] (in Italian) (Second ed.). Florence: Becocci Editore. OCLC 812710480.
- Marchetti Letta, Elisabetta (1994). Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino (in Italian). Florence: Scala. ISBN 88-8117-028-0. LCCN 95212333.
- "Catalogue entry" (in Italian).
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