# Assumption of the Virgin

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MATTEO di Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera and gold on wood, 332 x 174 cm

## Commentary

Assumption of the Virgin c. 1474 Tempera and gold on wood, 332 x 174 cm National Gallery, London As the Virgin rises to heaven surrounded by angels music-making, her girdle falls from her waist. It is about to be caught by Saint Thomas, the disciple who doubted that Christ had risen from the dead and who was given this extra proof of the Virgin&#39;s Assumption. Christ, accompanied by prophets and ancestors, among them David and John the Baptist, welcomes his mother. The painting, said to have been dated 1474, formed the centre of an altarpiece in S. Agostino, Asciano, near Siena where Matteo di Giovanni worked. Side panels representing Saint Michael and Saint Augustine survive in Asciano. The Annunciation and perhaps other saints were represented on a higher tier of the polyptych.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/annunciation-with-saints-rd0e4e472036617>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/assumption-of-the-virgin-rf159720ec6897b>)
- [Calling of Sts Peter and Andrew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/calling-of-sts-peter-and-andrew-rfe585fef119aef>)
- [Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-angels-and-cherubim-re7609b34878596>)
- [Madonna and Child with Six Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-six-saints-r01d4c76764241b>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Jerome, Catherine of Alexandria, and Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-sts-jerome-catherine-of-alexandria-and-angels-rbc508fb4a2781b>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-detail-r2fa34947913c9a>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-r9ec3e45ed4e90b>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-rac1488ec462991>)
- [Massacre of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/massacre-of-the-innocents-r704efcdce9f2c2>)
- [St Bernardino Restoring a Child to Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/st-bernardino-restoring-a-child-to-life-rf02e26c9a13d7d>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/st-jerome-r9877abc0607fa8>)

## Attribution

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