Assumption of the Virgin (Moretto)
Assumption of the Virgin is a 1524-1526 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, displayed as the high altarpiece in the Old Cathedral in Brescia.
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Considered as the main masterpiece of the artist's youth, he was paid for it on 5 November 1526 according to the Liber bollettarum in the cathedral's archive[1].
History
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References
- Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, pag. 188
Bibliography (in Italian)
- Giulio Antonio Averoldi, Le scelte pitture di Brescia additate al forestiere, Brescia 1700
- Camillo Boselli, Appunti al "Catalogo delle opere d'arte nelle chiese di Brescia" in "Commentari dell'Ateneo di Brescia per gli anni 1942-1945", Brescia 1942-1945
- Camillo Boselli, Il Moretto, 1498-1554, in "Commentari dell'Ateneo di Brescia per l'anno 1954 - Supplemento", Brescia 1954
- Pietro Da Ponte, L'opera del Moretto, Brescia 1898
- György Gombosi, Moretto da Brescia, Basel 1943
- Pompeo Molmenti, Il Moretto da Brescia, Firenze 1898
- Francesco Paglia, Il Giardino della Pittura, Brescia 1660
- Gaetano Panazza, Camillo Boselli, Pitture in Brescia dal Duecento all'Ottocento, catalogo della mostra, Brescia 1946
- Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino - Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988
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