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The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict
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The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict

ca. 1493–96

Dimensions

67 1/4 x 51 3/4 in. (170.8 x 131.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1929

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Luca Signorelli

1436–1523Republic of Florence

Italian painter from Cortona and an older relative of Vassari. Signorelli's style is bold with clear outlines and an emphasis on pronounced muculature. His best-known works are the frescoes that depict the Apocalypse at the chapel of S. Brizio, Orvieto cathedral, 1499-1502. These works influened Michelangelo's "Last Judgement." Italian artist. Comment on works: religious

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