The Assumption of the Virgin
A tall painting shows the Virgin Mary rising into a swirl of clouds, her arms opened, draped in a blue mantle over a red gown. Below, startled apostles gesture and gaze upward from a stone sarcophagus, while winged angels and cherubs surround her in a bright heavenly glow.
- Artist
- Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco
- Date
- 1577–79
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 3225 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1579).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Nancy Atwood Sprague in memory of Albert Arnold Sprague
