The Assumption of the Virgin
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
name: label: Artist
content: Ventura Salimbeni, Italian, 1568 - before 1613
label: After
content: Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian, 1529 - 1566
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Upon Clouds. In the center is the Virgin, in a glory of rays. At left is an angel playing the lute. At right another one playing the organ; both with groups of angels. Cherubim below. Compare with drawing by [sp?] reproduced in Röhrer "Sammlung H.S Röhrer," Augsburg, 1928, pl. 103. Salimbeni attribution considered wrong by Philip Pouncy (verbally, March, 1958).
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-7701
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red crayon, pen and ink, brush and gray wash, and sepia on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 14.1 × 25.8 cm (5 9/16 × 10 3/16 in.)