Vallombrosa Altarpiece Self-researched

Artist: Pietro Perugino
Location: Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1500-1501

Biblical Context

Assumption of Mary - Mary, mother of Jesus, assumed bodily into Heaven.

Also known as the Assumption of the Virgin, this glittering altarpiece features a three-layered composition with God the Father at the top surrounded by cherubs and angels, the Virgin Mary ascending in the middle, and saints below. One of Perugino's major works.