Assumption of Mary

Title

Assumption of Mary

Draughtsman

• Ventura Salimbeni ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Mannerism
• Late Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• Sienese

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet auf dem Montierungsbogen unten mittig (mit Feder in Braun): No. 79. // Ventura Salim[beni]
Unten links Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097); unten rechts bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): AB. [ligiert] (Paraphe der Sammlung A. Bourduge, Frankreich, Lugt 70?); verso auf dem Montierungsbogen unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Twelve Apostles
• Peter (apostle)

Primary

• 73E77 the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels
• 73E771 Mary's tomb filled with flowers

Alternative Attribution

• Federico Zuccari draughtsman; by note on mount