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The Assumption of the Virgin

A work made of pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper, pieced together and laid down on gray laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper, pieced together and laid down on gray laid paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Possibly Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (Italian, 1519-1594)
or possibly John Devoto (England, active 1719-1776)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Tintoretto

Title

The Assumption of the Virgin

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1539–1776

Medium

Pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper, pieced together and laid down on gray laid paper

Dimensions

40.1 × 24.2 cm (15 13/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.70

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