# Assumption of the Virgin [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LOTTO, Lorenzo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on wood, 175 x 162 cm ## Commentary The subject of this painting has sometimes been interpreted as the appearance of the Virgin to Sts Anthony Abbot and Louis of Toulouse in order to explain the clear psychological difference between the figure of the Virgin, motionless and absorbed and the emotional warmth of the saints. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of Chastity detail\)]() - [Allegory of Chastity \("Maiden's Dream"\)]() - [Allegory of Virtue and Vice \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of Virtue and Vice]() - [Angel Annunciating]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Architect]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()