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European Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577–1640
The Assumption of the Virgin
1636–38
Oil on panel
unframed: 56 × 40.5 cm (22 1/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Gift in memory of Elizabeth Manning Sage
1965.35
Status:
On view
Culture:
Flemish
Period:
17th century
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Ph. Panné Collection; London sale, Christie's, 26-28 March 1819 (2nd Day Sale, 27th March), lot 109; Peter Ranier, Esq. Collection; Walter Lippincott Goodwin Collection, Hartford, Connecticut; Henry Sage Goodwin Collection, Avon, Connecticut, by descent.
Bibliography:
Alan Shestack, ed., Yale University Art Gallery Selections (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), 30–31, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
