title: Assumption of the Virgin (Moretto)
text: # Assumption of the Virgin (Moretto)
  
  Assumption of the Virgin is a 1524–1526 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, displayed as the high altarpiece in the Old Cathedral in Brescia.
  
  Considered as the main masterpiece of the artist's youth, he was paid for it on 5 November 1526 according to the Liber bollettarum in the cathedral's archive.
  
  