Focus on Assumption of the Virgin with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria and analyze the abstract.
Assumption of the Virgin with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria is an oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Fra Bartolomeo, created c. 1516, commissioned by the church of Santa Maria in Castello in Prato. To the left of the Virgin's tomb is John the Baptist, whilst to the right is Catherine of Alexandria. It is now in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples.
It was confiscated from San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome in 1800 and acquired by Domenico Venuti for the Bourbon collection.
Fra Bartolomeo Italian Renaissance Naples John the Baptist Prato San Luigi dei Francesi Catherine of Alexandria National Museum of Capodimonte