# Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROSSO FIORENTINO]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Individual apostles in Rosso's fresco are attenuated and in motion. The draperies are massive and consist of a few billowing folds, such that the apostles appear to be composed mostly of drapery, which contributes to the expressive potential of the poses. Many heads are highly agitated as they crane upwards to follow the Virgin's ascent. ## Related artworks - [A Young Man]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Betrothal of the Virgin]() - [Dead Christ with Angels]() - [Decoration]() - [Deposition from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Deposition from the Cross]() - [Descent from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Descent from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Descent from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Descent from the Cross]() - [Gallery of Francis I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()