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VECCHIETTA: The Virgin of the Assumption with Saints

🖼 The Virgin of the Assumption with Saints, 1462-63
Tempera on panel
280 × 225 cm
Cathedral
Valencia, Italy

Golden light radiates from the Virgin's ascent as saints gather below in reverent arrangement, rendered in luminous tempera with architectural precision. This altarpiece exemplifies Sienese Renaissance spirituality, combining Byzantine gold grounds with emerging humanist perspective to inspire cathedral devotion.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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