Ascension of the Virgin
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
name: label: Attributed to
content: Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, Italian, 1572 - 1645
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Depiction of the Assumption of the Virgin. The female figure of the Virgin Mary stands at the bottom center while being greeting by an angel. To the left of her is a trail of figures and to the right of her a crowd of angels (?). Above the Virgin at center is St. Thomas holding up the girdle given by Mary. Throughout the top of the drawing are angels flying above them all. Framing lines.
place: label: made in
content: Messina, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8116
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink on paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 18.8 x 28.1 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)