Santa Maria del Popolo : Cerasi Chapel (Rome, Italy) : The altarpiece "Assumption of the Virgin" (by Annibale Carracci, 1601), frontal view, depicting the altar and the aedicule
- Creator:
- Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1571-1610
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609 - Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
ca. 1600-1601 - Date Depicted:
- 10/18/1998
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- fresco
marble
oil on canvas
stucco - Notes:
- The radical transformation of Annibale's style since he came to Rome could not be appreciated fully until his altarpiece of the Assumption of the Virgin for the Cerasi Chapel in S Maria del Popolo was unveiled early in 1601 (in situ). Despite the panel's
- Variant Titles:
- Cappella Cerasi
- Topics:
- Painting -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-R-SP-9-B2
- Genre:
- churches (AAT)
paintings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- New Testament; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Peter, the Apostle, Saint intarsia; oil painting (technique) visual works; paintings (visual works)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/18/1998 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10112891
- PID:
- digcoll:2211632