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Life of the Virgin: Assumption of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving. The upper half shows three crowned figures on clouds. The central female figure has long hair and wears a long dress. The figures to her left and right are men with beards; the one on the left holds a spear and the one on the right holds a book. A winged creature hovers above the central figure. The lower half depicts a group of men in robes gathered around an open coffin; they look up at the central female figure. The coffin is on the left; the men are on the right and in the center foreground. The background of the lower half shows dark trees. Rays emanate behind the three crowned figures. Clouds are below the crowned figures and above the gathered men.

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655 × 893 px
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