# Assumption of the Virgin

- By: Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634 - 1705)
- Date: 1680–1700
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, white gouache, black chalk on cream laid paper
- Classification: Figures (representations)
- Dimensions: 30.1 x 20.7 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/67420)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/0fe1e0aac952825de65a1196e06db020.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The figure of the Virgin held aloft by putti; below her are figures kneeling in prayer. Verso: head of a woman and child.