Panel depicting the Assumption on a pulpit (1435) designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and made by his son Andrea Cavalcante di Lazzaro in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Assumption Theme Pages
The belief that the body of the Virgin Mary was taking up to heaven and reunited with her soul.
Early 16th century Netherrlandish roundel of the Assumption in Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.
Thought to have been carved by Nicolas le Prince in 1571, this is part of the altarpiece that was once in the Marissel church but was moved to Beuavais Cathedral in 1966.
This section shows the Virgin Mary falling asleep at the end of her life. Her according to Roman Catholic doctrine of the Assumption, her body and soul were then reunited in heaven.
This Assumption scene is part of a 1619 stained glass window at Bourges Cathedral.
Early John Hardman stained glass depicting the Annunciation of Christ and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
The two donor figures at the bottom of the panels are St Aloysius Gonzaga, and St Helen. This window is in the Lady Chapel of Avon Dasset.