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PERUGINO, Pietro: Assumption of the Virgin

🖼 Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1506
Panel
333 × 218 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin's ascending figure, surrounded by concentric rings of angels in luminous Renaissance harmony. Perugino's spiritual vision established the visual language for Assumption imagery across Renaissance Italy, influencing generations of religious art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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