# Assumption of the Virgin

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PIAZZETTA, Giovanni Battista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piazzetta-giovanni-battista-rb1612e5bd6a860>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 517 x 243 cm

## Commentary

This painting was commissioned for the high altar of the church of the Germanic Order in Sachsenhausen, near Frankfurt.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)