Assumption of the Virgin by Domenico Capriolo (1520) - Public Domain Catholic Painting

Domenico Capriolo's Assumption of the Virgin is a painting located in the vestibule of the Annunciation chapel or Malchiostro in Treviso Cathedral^[1]. It was commissioned in 1520^[2] and is attributed to Domenico Capriolo^[3][4][5]. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary being assumed into Heaven, surrounded by angels and saints^[2].

Domenico Capriolo (1494–1528) was an Italian painter born at Treviso in 1494^[1]. He produced portraits in the style of Giorgione and was the son-in-law and pupil of Pier Maria Pennacchi^[1]. He rose to prominence in the early 16th Century during the High Renaissance^[1].