ANDREA DEL SARTO
(b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1530, Firenze)

Assumption of the Virgin (Poppi Altarpiece)

1530
Oil on wood, 309 x 205 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

Mary's seated position emphasizes her passivity - Christ ascended, but she is carried up. The represented saints are: Fedele (with the sword), Catherine of Alexandria, Giovanni Gualberto and Bernardo degli Uberti.