Title: The Assumption of the Virgin
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1822
Artist:  Merry Joseph Blondel 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1781–1853 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white, on light brown paper
Dimensions: Overall: 17 5/8 x 12 9/16in. (44.7 x 31.9cm)
block: 15 3/4 x 10 7/8in. (40 x 27.6cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Hubert and Michèle Prouté, in memory of Jacob Bean, 1993
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Virgin Mary, term: Assumption of the Virgin