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Assumption of the Virgin
Original price was: $518.00.$259.00Current price is: $259.00.
Artist: Andrea del Sarto
A hand-painted oil reproduction of Assumption of the Virgin by Andrea del Sarto, matching its rising composition and warm-to-cool palette on canvas.
Description
Description
A large altarpiece composition governs how a viewer meets this picture: the vertical format is tall enough that the eye must travel upward, from the huddled apostles at ground level to the figure of the Virgin lifted into a ring of cloud and light above them. That scale is not incidental. It sets the picture apart as a devotional image meant to be seen from below and at a distance, the way it would have stood in a church interior, and it explains why the composition reads clearly even from across a room.
About Assumption of the Virgin
The subject is the moment Christian tradition assigns to the Virgin Mary at the close of her earthly life, her body carried up to heaven while the apostles below react with astonishment, grief, and wonder. Andrea del Sarto divides the canvas into two zones joined by gesture and glance: the earthly group, dense and physically grounded, and the heavenly group, weightless and turning in a loose spiral of drapery and cherubs. Faces in the lower register are individualised, caught mid-reaction, while the upper register softens into the hazier handling that marks his mature religious work.
Colour carries much of the emotional temperature. Warm flesh tones and deep reds anchor the apostles, and these give way to cooler blues and pale golds as the eye rises toward the Virgin, a shift that mirrors the movement from earth to heaven without any harsh division between the two. Sarto was working at the height of the Florentine High Renaissance, and the picture shows the fluent, unforced modelling and quiet colour sense that later painters, Vasari among them, singled out as his particular strength.
The hand-painted reproduction
Our painters rebuild this structure by hand, working in oil on canvas rather than reproducing the image mechanically. They match the original palette passage by passage, keep the transition from warm lower tones to cooler upper light, and preserve the visible brushwork that gives the surface its depth. The result is a museum quality oil painting reproduction: a painted object with real texture and layered colour, not a flat printed copy, faithful to the composition, the drapery, and the particular calm that runs through the original.
- Hand-painted in oil on artist-grade canvas
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
- Gallery-ready presentation on arrival
- Certificate of authenticity included
- Painted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, then delivered in 5 to 7 days
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
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Delivery in 3 to 4 weeks
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Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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We ship with UPS, FedEx, or DHL straight to your door. You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio. Typical delivery is 5 to 7 days after dispatch; large, framed, or stretched pieces may take longer depending on the safest shipping route.
Unframed canvases are protected with a film, carefully rolled, and secured inside a rigid shipping tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped, and Framed paintings are wrapped, cushioned with foam protection, and boxed for safe transit.
