The Assumption of the Virgin

Artist Ludovico Carracci b. 1555, Bologna; d. 1619, Bologna

Datecirca 1585–1587

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions96 1/2 x 53 in. (245.1 x 134.6 cm)
Frame: 104 3/8 x 61 1/8 in. (265.1 x 155.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. L. Dorminy in memory of her husband

Object numberGL.57.21.1

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ProvenancePossibly Zambeccari family, Villa Martignone (Bologna) 17th century; Zambeccari collection, Bologna, by 1703 (Cammarota, 2000); by descent to Marchese Giacomo Zambeccari (1723–1795), Galleria Zambeccari, Bologna; by descent to Giacomo Zambeccari (_________); by descent to Camillo Zambeccari (1816–1865); sold 1838 to Flavio Perotti; James Hamilton, second Marquess of Abercorn (1811–1885, whose collector’s mark appears on stretcher); ? by descent to his son James Hamilton (1838–1913), 2nd Duke of Abercorn; ? by descent to James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953); Jacques Seligmann & Co., NY; sold to NCMA, 1957.
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