The Assumption of the Virgin
1820â1850
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number
1938-88-8050
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Fortunato Duranti'sThe Assumption of the Virgin created between 1820 and1850, captures a timeless Christian theme: the Virgin Mary's ascent into heaven, surrounded by angels and bathed in divine light. As an Italian artist active during the early 19th century,anti worked in a period bridging Neoclassicism and emerging Romanticism, where religious subjects remained central to artistic expression, evoking spiritual awe and human transcendence. This drawing, housed in the Smithsonian American Art's collection, exemplifies the power of the medium in Italian academic tradition. Rendered with preci...